tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 08 05:11:13 2006
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Re: {-Iy'} syllables
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: {-Iy'} syllables
- Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:10:55 +1000
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jIghItlhpu', jIja':
>Maybe Klingon generally abhors complex codas when the vowel is {I}? It's
>interesting to note that in addition to the total lack of {CIw'} and {CIy'}
>syllables, there are only two known {CIrgh} syllables, {chIrgh} and
>{SIrgh}.
mujang Voragh, ja':
>Klingon also doesn't seem to like the less complex ending {CIy} either. I
>could only find four in TKD:
Hm. It seems that there is a similar abhorrence of {CIw} as well: {lIw}
"replacement", {mIw} "procedure", {pIw} "odour" and {'Iw} "blood".
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
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- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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