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

From: "Cheng Zhong Su" <suchengzhong@...>
> > > The word 'beast' is one syllable, word 'be' also one
> > > syllable. They are different in time length.
> >
> > OH!  Then by "phonetic type" you've been meaning
> > "mora" ?
>
> Answer: I am not quite sure what is "mora" ? Is it
> mean 'delay'?
A mora is a language-specific unit of syllable time.  In Japanese, for example,
every _kana_ represented one mora.

In most languages, I think, onset consonants are not moraic, a short vowel is
one mora, a long vowel is two moras, and coda consonants are moraic.

Others can explain it better than I can.

    *Muke!

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