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

Nik Taylor wrote:

>Tristan Mc Leay wrote:
>
>
>>>/j/ does not occur before front vowels (hardly an unusual
>>>   restriction), cannot occur after /w/ (again, not unusual
>>>   at all)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>For the latter, is there any reason? It seems odd to me... not that I
>>know much about these things.
>>
>>
>
>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.
>
>
Oh! I thought you meant something like /waja/ would be illegal. I forgot
about these post-consonantal /j/. ([lr] is a very nice sound though. I
generally make it an allowed onset in my sketchlanging)

--
Tristan.