Re: i just noticed (was fewest sounds)

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That might work.  I've noticed that even in unrelated languages e.g.
Mandarin Chinese and English, the words for "mother" are fairly
similar and almost always contain an "m".

On a side note, this could be an indicator of the existence of a
"proto-world" language.  According to Wikipedia, this language would
mostly contain common needs and aspects of life that apply in all
parts of the world.  One's mother would fall under this category.

On 11/29/05, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Reilly Schlaier <schlaier@S...> wrote:
>
> >okay while i was reading the various posts i thought to myself that
> >the most obvious combination of consonant+vowel would be 'ka'
> >and oddly enough the first person to give and example of syllable
> >stucture used 'ka' so i was wondering what the first combonation of
> >con+vow that came to mind for everyone would be. would it be 'ka'
> >'te' maybe or 'po'?  it is kinda interesting to seee what everyone
> would put down as their choice pair
>
> If I understand correctly what is being asked, I should think that the
> most obvious first combination of consonant + vowel would be "ma" /mA/.
>
> Is this not the first syllable uttered by a child in many cultures?
>
> Charlie
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>

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