[Tlhingan-hol] Number of possible syllables

[André Müller]

Ouch. Okay, that was embarassing. That changes the numbers indeed. There
are of course 5 vowels, and thus 21 consonants only. Thanks for pointing it
out.

So I'm correcting my numbers. The explanation will stay more or less the
same...

CV = 21x5 = 105
CVC = 21x5x21 minus the 21x2 impossible *Cow/*Cuw combinations from
assumption 1) = 2,163
CVw' = 21x1 = 21
CVy' = 21x4 = 84
CVrgh = 21x5 = 105

If I don't have any more embarassing mistakes in my assumptions or
calculations, that sums up to 2,478 possible syllables in Klingon (not
counting the special case of {-oy} in, where we don't know (or do we?) if
resyllabification takes place.

I hope I'm not being ignored now for my stupid mistake (or for being a
linguist and a Klingonist, for that matter) and you could tell me what you
think.

Thanks.
- André


2011/11/8 ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy at alcaco.net>

> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM, André Müller <esperantist at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Everyone will agree that there are 22 consonants (C) and 4 vowels (V) in
> Klingon.
>
> Count them again and start over.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
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