[Tlhingan-hol] qaghwI' between consonants

[qunnoQ HoD]

> I hope this is helpful

yes it is ! thanks !

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 2:18 AM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh <
lojmitti7wi7nuv at gmail.com> wrote:

> In HolQeD, The Journal of the Klingon Language Institute (no longer
> published), Volume 1, Number 1, March, 1992, in the first article, Lawrence
> M. Schoen wrote an article on the difference between tlhIngan Hol vs.
> klingonaase, the latter being the source of a lot of these impossible
> pronunciations. In the second article in the same volume, Allan C. Wechsler
> wrote under the title “First Steps Towards a Phonological Theory of
> Klingon” the author gives great detail (four pages of text) talking about
> the nature of the sounds used in the Klingon language before getting to the
> subtopic “The syllable structure of Klingon”.
>
> What follows may be drinking from a fire hose for some people, but it’s
> just a small outtake from an 8 page article.
>
> “The vast majority of Klingon syllables have the shape CVC [Consonant,
> Vowel, Consonant]. We will therefore, speak of the C1 and C2 of a typical
> syllable. There are also a number of syllables with the variant shape CV;
> we will regard these has having a null C2. No syllable has a null C1.”
>
> “All the consonants of Klingon occur both as C1 and as C2. Furthermore,
> all possible C1-V combinations actually occur, as do all possible V-C2
> combinations except */uw/ and */ow/ (see above for a possible explanation
> of this gap). Thus, there are no obvious contact constraints. Klingon does
> not appear to have any conditioned assimilations or other phonological
> rules. Almost no consonant clusters are permitted within syllables, but I
> discuss some anomalies below.
>
> “The distribution of open syllables”
>
> “The open syllables (those with null C2) show an interesting semantic
> pattern, which is worthy of mention because Klingon has almost no semantic
> component below the level of the syllable. With exactly one known
> exception, Klingon has no morphemes smaller than a syllable. (The exception
> is the position-1 noun suffix /-oy/ “endearment”). Therefore, it is
> interesting that lack of C2 should have any particular semantic
> significance.”
>
> “Every single one of the 23 pronominal verb prefixes has CV shape. CV
> syllables are quite rare elsewhere in the language. There are a dozen or so
> open monosyllabic noun stems (e.g. /po/ “morning”), a few recent loan words
> that brought open syllables into the language from outside (e.g. /tera’/
> “Earth”) and a handful of native disyllables, all of the shape CV-CVC, and
> all nouns or adverbs of opaque derivation (e.g. /DIvI’/ “federation",
> /nIteb/ “alone”). In addition there is exactly one known open monosyllabic
> verb stem, /Da/ “act in the manner of”.
>
> It goes on for several more pages before getting to “Anomalous syllables”:
>
> “Klingon possesses two kinds of anomalous syllables that do not fit the
> prevailing CV(C) pattern. The first exceptional pattern is /CVrgh/.
> Apparently, /rgh/ can function as C2 without restriction; in multisyllabic
> words this can lead to CCC sequences at syllable boundaries. An example is
> /burghDaj/ “her stomach”.
>
> … “For all practical purposes, /-rgh/ functions as a single segment. The
> most straightforward approach is to analyze it exactly that way: as a
> single complex segment, only appearing in syllable-final position (like the
> dorso-velar nasal /ng/ in English).”
>
> … “The other anomalous syllable shape is CVY’, where Y represents either
> of the glides /w/ and /y/. The occurring rimes in this category are:
>
> — —                       uy’  —
> ey —                       oy’  —
>              ay’  aw’
>
> where the hyphens show “missing” rimes which do not occur in the
> (available) lexicon. “
>
> [end quote]
>
> He goes on for another half page explaining the missing “rimes”.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> lojmIt tI’wI’ nuv ‘utlh
> Door Repair Guy, Retired Honorably
>
>
>
> > On Oct 24, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> >> > is there a list somewhere of consonant clusters
> >> > allowed/disallowed in tlhingan phonology?
> >
> > jang loghaD:
> >>  Not to the best of my knowledge;
> >
> > At least not in any canon source. Dont't forget the Klingon wiki, which
> I recommend for beginners to browse, as it answers lots of questions:
> >
> > http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/ConsonantCluster
> > http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/Phonology
> >
> >> 4) Non-Klingon names have been known to break the above rules. These
> >> include {jemS} ("James"), {qIrq} ("Kirk") and {pIqarD} ("Picard").
> >
> > And the recently discovered {marq 'oqranD}
> >
> > --
> > Lieven L. Litaer
> > aka Quvar valer 'utlh
> > Grammarian of the KLI
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> >
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