Re: Why Consonants?

Hi!

H. S. Teoh writes:
>...
> > I can't think of any natlang that goes to these lengths with all-vowel
> > words longer than about four or five.  So is the situation reversed at
> > the extremes?
>
> Classical Greek has some pretty long vowel sequences, although they are
> rare. I can't think of an example off my head, though. Maybe Ray Brown
> can give an actual example. They are basically multiple diphthongs
> coming together.
Look at these posts for a consonant-less sentence in a Swedish
dialect:

  http://archives.conlang.info/pa/zhuarvi/terthuenpein.html
  http://archives.conlang.info/pa/zhuarvi/paenzhaenpein.html

The thread is interesting, too. :-)

**Henrik