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Re: fewest sounds?

From:Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 29, 2005, 0:12
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:04:46 -0500, Tim May <butsuri@...> wrote:

> Why would you assume CV syllables? In any case, one can make an > arbitrarily large number of words from different length strings of a > single syllable - or for that matter a single phoneme (e.g. a > consonant with some kind of vowel epenthesis). Not remotely > practical, but practicality isn't the issue here.
Ooh! Make the two phonemes be one audible segment and one silence. I *like* it. I like it a lot. Paul

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