Re: Consonant Clusters in Boreanesian?
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 17, 1999, 17:28 |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Kristian Jensen wrote:
>
> My question to the group is, first of all, are there
> limits to what can become CC- clusters? Secondly, are
> there any limits to what are considered CC- clusters? It
> certainly doesn't seem to be the case with Khmer, so I'm
> curious.
>
It depends - if you want sounds with really simultanous
consonants, you're pretty limited to things like [kp]
and [bd]. As for real clusters, I don't think there
are any real limitations, but clusters of, say,
a retroflexive voiced stop and a dental aspirated stop
are out, I think. I seem to remember vaguely that
the root-initial consonant clusters of Khmer are reflexes
of a prefixal system, but I am most likely wrong.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt