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

 --- Nik Taylor wrote:  wrote:
> > I've always wanted to know: by that definition,
> does [_ja] (pya, bya,
> > cha, ja etc) count as one or two morae?
>
Answer: No doubt ja, cha sre single actions, as for
pya and bya, in English they seemed longer than one
action but not two so it maybe some thing between one
and two. In mandarin, they could be bia and pia, every
mandarin speaker will tell you they are single
actions.
Su Cheng Zhong

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