[86028] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Klingon IPA chart
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Fri Jun 26 16:51:04 2009
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From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:48:47 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jun 26, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Michael Everson wrote:
> The syllable is the basic morpheme in Klingon, is it not?
No, it is not.
It is true that the vast majority of morphemes are indeed one
syllable long. However, polysyllabic morphemes are not so rare as to
be exceptional: {pe'vIl}, {ghaytan}, {HISlaH}, {ghobe'}, {HanDogh},
{DIvI'}, {rejmorgh}, etc. {jabbI'ID} is particularly common around
these parts.
-- ghunchu'wI'
