Georgian consonant clusters and syllables (was: Re: Japanese "good", consonant clusters etc.)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 4, 2004, 4:01 |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, John Cowan wrote:
> R J scripsit:
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> > 2. Could anyone give me some sxamples of insane consonant clusters?
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> My favorite case is the two-syllable Georgian surname Mgrvgrvladje.
> The maximum number of consonants at the start of an Georgian initial
> syllable is eight, as in this example.
Anyone know of any recordings of something like this? I have a hard time
not saying [m=grv=grv=ladje] (and yes, I have the = in the right place).
But what is a syllable?
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Tristan
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