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Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

From:jogloran <exponent@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 6:33
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A mora is a language-specific unit of syllable time.  In Japanese,
for example,
every _kana_ represented one mora.

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I've always wanted to know: by that definition, does [_ja] (pya, bya, cha, ja etc) count as one or two morae? Imperative

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Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>English syllable structure (was,for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)