Re: vowels: are they necessary?

Carlos Alberto Martinez wrote:

>
> I thought I've read somewhere, that czech for "cross" is "krst", this qualifies
> as a vowelless word methinks.
The _r_ is the vowel (like in the second syllable of English _better_, although the
Czech _r_ is trilled IIRC) (yes, syllabic and trilled.. :).


> Besides, it would be interesting to know if there are words that are consonant-less
> (I mean, just 3 vowels or more, no cons at all). Maybe hawaiian?
Again, you shouldn't get distracted by the traditional description of certain letters
of the alphabet as "vowel" and others as "consonants" (have a look at Ray's post in
this thread).

I can't think of any three-vowel words of the top of my head at the moment,
but I don't see any reason why not.

s.
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