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simple phonology

as much as you know, what is the natlang using the most little number of
phonemes?

I've heard about languages with only 4 wovels (nahuatl?)

but wich one has the less sounds?

Sun Jan 2, 2005 3:47 am

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... Sylvia is also way busy, and will point you to some Kelen webpages rather than write out an explanation. A short intro: http://www.terjemar.net/kelen.php ...	Sylvia Sotomayor kelen@...	Jan 2, 2005 2:52 am
as much as you know, what is the natlang using the most little number of phonemes? I've heard about languages with only 4 wovels (nahuatl?) but wich one has...	(no author) (no email address)	Jan 2, 2005 3:49 am
... The answer used to be Rotokas (6 consonants + 5 vowels = 11 phonemes) until Pirah� (7 consonants + 3 vowels = 10 phonemes) became more widely known. ... ...	Philip Newton philip.newton@...	Jan 2, 2005 6:50 am
... Nahuatl indeed has four vowel qualities (not counting /u/~/u:/ borrowed from Spanish), but each of these also has a phonemically long counterpart, thus...	Thomas R. Wier trwier@...	Jan 2, 2005 12:53 pm
... Arabic has six: /a/ /i/ /u/ /a:/ /i:/ /u:/ Each vowel has a wide variety of realizations, depending on the surrounding consonants. I've been working on an...	Steg Belsky draqonfayir@...	Jan 2, 2005 7:52 pm
... The distinction of long and short consonants may be considered a suprasegmental feature of the syllable, so that the number of vowels would remain three....	J. 'Mach' Wust j_mach_wust@...	Jan 2, 2005 9:27 pm
... Indeed! I believe a similar scheme was used in Ottomon Turkish script to indicate vowel harmony (i.e. certain consonants were written before/after front...	Philip Newton philip.newton@...	Jan 3, 2005 12:45 pm

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