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* Moderately complex (CCVC: onset quite limited, Finnish, Turkish,Japanese...) | * Moderately complex (CCVC: onset quite limited, Finnish, Turkish,Japanese...) | ||
* Complex (more complex than CCVC: Basque, Germanic languages including English, Georgian) | * Complex (more complex than CCVC: Basque, Germanic languages including English, Georgian) | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrernte_language#Phonotactics Arrernte] has a very odd syllable structure for a natlang: VC(C) | |||
== Moderately complex phonotactics == | == Moderately complex phonotactics == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_phonotactics Finnish] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_phonotactics Finnish] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:33, 30 January 2012
Phonotactics or syllable structure deals with where phonemes and clusters of phonemes may occur in a syllable.
WALS divides syllable structure into
- Simple (CV: Hawaiian, Swahili, Guarani...)
- Moderately complex (CCVC: onset quite limited, Finnish, Turkish,Japanese...)
- Complex (more complex than CCVC: Basque, Germanic languages including English, Georgian)
Arrernte has a very odd syllable structure for a natlang: VC(C)
