Re: vowels: are they necessary?

Carlos Alberto Martinez wrote:

>>-- Mensaje Original --
>>Date:         Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:40:19 -0700
>>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>>From: Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...>
>>Subject:      Re: vowels: are they necessary?
>>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
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>>On Dec 8, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Paul Roser wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:25:19 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
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>>>>I would like to know, </FONT></P>
>>>>When a consonant is fricative or trilled, it can be continued as long
>>>>we
>>>>want. Is there any languages that has some words that are only
>>>>consonants
>>>>without vowels? A little word that is only a rolled [r], a [s], a [v],
>>>>without the vowel releasing. It would be conceivable.
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>I thought I've read somewhere, that czech for "cross" is "krst", this qualifies
>as a vowelless word methinks.
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>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?
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The name of the language is a clue, there, since it has three consonants
(the h, the w, and the 'okina)