<div dir="ltr">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.<br><br>So I'm correcting my numbers. The explanation will stay more or less the same...<br>
<br>CV = 21x5 = 105<br>CVC = 21x5x21 minus the 21x2 impossible *Cow/*Cuw combinations from assumption 1) = 2,163<br>CVw' = 21x1 = 21<br>CVy' = 21x4 = 84<br>CVrgh = 21x5 = 105<br><br>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.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>Thanks.<br>- André<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2011/11/8 ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net">qunchuy@alcaco.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM, André Müller <<a href="mailto:esperantist@gmail.com">esperantist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Everyone will agree that there are 22 consonants (C) and 4 vowels (V) in Klingon.<br>
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</div>Count them again and start over.<br>
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-- ghunchu'wI'<br>
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