Re: WC8 (was Re: TECH: Testing again etc.)

Quoting Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:59:22 -0500, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Consonants:
> >
> > p     b       m       f       v
> > /p    b       m       f       v/
> >
> > t'    d'      n'      s'      z'
> > /t_d  d_d     n_d     T       D/
> >
> > t     d       n       s       z
> > /t    d       n       s       z/
> >
> > t.    d.      n.      s.      z.
> > /t`   d`      n`      s`      z`/
> >
> > k'    g'      N'      x'      q'
> > /c    J\      J       C       j\/
> >
> > k     g       N       x       q
> > /k    g       N       x       G/
> >
> > k.    g.      N.      x.      q.
> > /q    G\      N\      X       R/
> >
>
> I forgot to include that the "regular" consonants (the ones above), may
> combine syllable-initially in a number of ways, e.g. ...
>
> st zd ts dz nd nz zn ndz
>
> The sequences CN are illegal sequences, but that's about the only
> limitation.
So any homorganic sequence is okay? What about /kg/? Or /Tdn/? Or /pmfb/?
Surely there's *some* limit, unless you're meaning to have Georgian-style
syllable structure.

It's rather curious that CN is disallowed, since CN is commoner cross-
linguistically than NC, which you show above. In the languages that I know of
with initial NC sequences they are treated as monophonemic prenasalized stops.

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