| From: | Rob Nierse <rnierse@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 21, 2000, 7:52 |
>>> BP Jonsson <bpj@...> 03/20 12:53 >>>At 18:22 02.2.2000 +0100, John Cowan wrote:> > >Bella Coola > > >qqs 'eye' > >IIRC the only vowel in Bella Coola is a voiceless schwa, so at >the *phonological* level it's all consonants. At the auditory >level, it all sounds like whispering.How does one shout in Bella Coola, then? :-) ----> These words cannot be shouted. <---- Is it the received opinion that Bella Coola has no phonological vowels? ----> I don't know. Maybe John knows? Rob <----