Re: Estonian Quantity [was: Re: Love Those Double Vowels]

At 12:55 PM -0500 11/08/01, Vasiliy Chernov wrote:
>On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:42:46 -0700, Dirk Elzinga <Dirk_Elzinga@...>
>wrote:
>
>>4.  a long vowel may not be followed by an overlong consonant, nor
>>may an overlong vowel be followed by a long consonant; all other
>>combinations are possible
>
>That is, overlong+overlong are forbidden, too (AFAIK).
>
>Correct?
Curiously, no:

   paa:t:ti 'boat.ill.sg'
   bii:f:fstee:k:ki 'beefsteak.part.sg'

Dirk
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