Re: Japanese phonemes (was Re: The Monovocalic PIE Myth (wasGermans have no /w/, ...))

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> For /wj/?  Both are glides, sequences of two glides are very rare in
> world languages.  For that matter, sequences of consonants with equal
> sonority are banned in a great many languages.  Tho some languages will
> allow clusters like /pt/ or /sf/ or /lr/, it's pretty rare.
My phavorite phonotactic restriction:  Classical Greek (I don't know
about modern Greek) doesn't tolerate /sl/ or /sn/, but does favor
/skl/ and /skn/.  The Romans weren't so good at these, which is
why the god of healing, Asklepios, was Aesculapius to them.

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