Re: Tong-cho-la, a philosophical language
| From: | Andrew Nowicki <andrew@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, April 17, 2003, 21:45 |
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Andrew Nowicki wrote:
AN> It looks like the root words of Tongchola do not
AN> have fixed length. It may be difficult to tell where
AN> one root word ends and another root word begins.
Joe Fatula wrote:
JF> Actually, they have a very simple fixed length.
JF> Each syllable is a root word. A root word begins
JF> with a consonant, then has some vowel, and possibly
JF> a consonant at the end. So you can always tell where the
JF> boundaries are.
JF> In "te-leowalkailu", it can only be "te" "leo" "wal" "kai" "lu".
So there are 3 kinds of roots: CV, CVV, or CVC.
I guess there are restrictions on the last letter
to avoid something like "katdopwii".
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