tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 26 13:50:32 2009
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Re: Klingon IPA chart
On Jun 26, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Michael Everson wrote:
> The syllable is the basic morpheme in Klingon, is it not?
No, it is not.
It is true that the vast majority of morphemes are indeed one
syllable long. However, polysyllabic morphemes are not so rare as to
be exceptional: {pe'vIl}, {ghaytan}, {HISlaH}, {ghobe'}, {HanDogh},
{DIvI'}, {rejmorgh}, etc. {jabbI'ID} is particularly common around
these parts.
-- ghunchu'wI'