Re: New monster word in Maggel ;)))

|gdhmabgis| 9 letters
[dvE:Iz] 6 phonemes ( including /:/ )
so 3 phonemes are digraphs and 3 are monographs

options :

gd mh ab g i s
gd mh a bg i s X
gd mh a b gi s
gd mh a b g is
gd m ha bg i s X
gd m ha b gi s
gd m ha b g is
gd m h ab gi s X
gd m h ab g is X
gd m h a bg is
g dm ha bg i s X
g dm ha b gi s
g dm ha b g is
g dm h ab gi s X
g dm h ab g is X
g dm h a bg is
g d mh ab gi s X
g d mh ab g is X
g d mh a bg is
g d m ha bg is X

those marked X are illegal as they mark the
antepenultimate phoneme as a digraph. so we now have

gd mh ab g i s
gd mh a b gi s
gd mh a b g is ?
gd m ha b gi s
gd m ha b g is ??
gd m h a bg is ?
g dm ha b gi s
g dm ha b g is ??
g dm h a bg is ??
g d mh a bg is ??

if we make the understandable but probably
presumptuous presumption that each vowel graph should
contain a roman vowel letter, we can exclude those
marked with a ? :

gd mh ab g i s
gd mh a b gi s
gd m ha b gi s
g dm ha b gi s

but this is probably a step to far.

if i have time i'll look in the archives and try to
work the rest out. if noone beats me to it !

bn

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