Re: Igassik Morphophonology

Henrik Theiling sikayal:

> Hi!
>
> Marcus Smith <smithma@...> writes:
>
> > Lots of languages have fewer
> > clusters, lots of languages have more.
>
> To my knowledge, Georgian allows a lot: [vprtskvni].
Gaaakk!!!  Please tell me that the [r] there is syllabic, or else I don't
see how anyone pronounces it.


>
> According to http://www.armazi.demon.co.uk/georgian/grammar1.html,
> this means ,i am peeling it'... :-)
>
>
> > The Place
> > Heirarchy isn't established to my knowledge, but it seems possible.
>
> I read that Georgian has similar things (it is more a preference than
> a strict rule): consonants in clusters tend to move backwards in the
> mouth and eventually jump back to the front.  In the above word, there
> are two parts moving backwards:
>
>    [v  p   r   t   s   k     + v   n  + i]
>    lab lab alv alv alv vel     lab alv
>
> Another word from the above URL:
>    [m  t    s'   +  v    r   t   n    + e l i]
>    lab alv  alv     lab  alv alv alv
>
>
> > >Very interesting, elegant even.
>
> Yes!  Nice construction.
>
> **Henrik
>
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