Re: USAGE: syllables

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> For instance, if "forustruvat" were an English word, it would
> probably syllabify as "for-ust-ru-vat".  But in Latin, it would
> syllabify as "fo-rust-ru-vat".
Actually "fo-rus-tru-vat".  A Latin syllable can begin with a stop followed
by l, r, m, or n, the so called "mutus cum liquida" rule.  For example,
integrum is "in-te-grum", and therefore has stress on the antepenultimate
(first, in this case) syllable, since the penultimate syllable is light
by this rule.

> So: it's your conlang.  You decide!
Indeed.

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