Re: A phonology

> > > This is not a fatal error, but it is an exception: in all natural
> > > languages, onsets are more common than codas.
> >
> > Not all;  there is a single language, in Australia, that has been
> > claimed to have no onsets. (It has V and VC syllables only.)  But I
> > agree entirely: that is an exception that proves the rule.
>
>Too bad. I assume this is the lang "Arrernte", which is, I've been told, an
>Australian language which only accepts VC(C) syllables. I've been wondering
>about the name, but I suspect the report I've heard was exaggerated.
Yoruba (in Africa), eschews onset consonants, if I remember correctly

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