Re: vowels: are they necessary?

Paul Roser wrote:

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>I've read that Tamazight even has syllabic stops, but I've never heard the
>examples given, so I am suspicious at to whether they are released, in
>which case I suspect that there might be an ultra-short vowel or, if
>voiceless, an ultra-short voiceless vowel (similar to Shoshoni - or is it
>Comanche? I forget...)
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 I can articulate a syllabic *voiced* stop quite easily.  Voiceless
syllabic stops seem impossible to me.