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On 1/24/06, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@hidden.email> wrote:
> This would be a good time to revisit the thread
> of a few months ago about rules for permissible
> initial and medial consonant clusters, and
> finally specify those rules. (I seem to recall
> we talked about possible rules but you didn't settle
> on anything definite.)
Here is the first message in that discussion:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ceqli/message/1330
I wrote an awk script to analyze the list of root words
I have on disk (it's an old version, from about July,
but I think the patterns should still be valid).
Key: first column is the number of times the pattern
occurs in the dictionary, the second column is the
pattern. In the patterns V = vowel,
S = semivowel
L = liquid (l or r)
N = nasal ( m n q )
P = plosive/stop (p b t d k g)
F = fricative (s z f v h x) (there were no instances of
|y| = /Z/ in this version of the dictionary)
A = affricate (|c| or |j|, now written as |tc| and |dj|)
Here's the list -- some analysis will follow later.
69 PVLV
55 PVN
51 PVNV
40 PVL
38 FVN
27 PV
27 FVLV
24 FVL
22 PVLVN
22 FVNV
21 PVSV
19 PLV
18 PLVN
18 FV
18 AVN
17 PVSN
16 PVS
16 AVLV
13 FPVL
12 PVNVL
11 PVLVNV
11 FPVN
11 FLVN
11 AV
10 PVNVN
10 PSVLV
10 PLVS
10 FVLVN
9 PSVN
9 PLVSN
9 PFVN
9 FVS
9 FVLN
9 AVL
8 PVSL
8 PVNSV
8 PVLVL
8 PSVL
8 FVSN
8 FVSL
8 FSV
8 FLVS
7 PFVLV
7 FSVL
7 FPVNV
7 AVS
7 AVNV
6 PVLN
6 PSVS
6 FVLNV
5 PVSVL
5 PVLVLV
5 PVLSV
5 PVLLV
5 PSV
5 PLVNV
5 PLVL
5 FVSV
5 FVNVNV
5 FVNVN
5 FVNVL
5 FVNLV
5 FPVS
5 FPVLV
5 FPV
5 FLV
4 PVNVLV
4 PVNSVN
4 PVNNV
4 PLVSV
4 PLVLV
4 FVLVL
4 FNVL
3 PVNVNV
3 PVNLV
3 PVLVS
3 PVLNVN
3 PVLNV
3 PFVSN
3 PFVNV
3 FVSVLV
3 FVSNVS
3 FVNNV
3 FVLSV
3 FPLVN
3 FLVNV
3 FLVLV
3 AVNNV
2 PVSVN
2 PVSNV
2 PVNVSN
2 PVNVS
2 PVNSVL
2 PVNLVN
2 PVLVNVN
2 PSVSV
2 PSVNV
2 PNVLV
2 PNVL
2 PFVSV
2 PFVL
2 FVNVS
2 FVNVLV
2 FSVSN
2 FNVS
2 FNV
2 FFVL
2 AVSV
2 AVSN
2 AVSLV
2 AVNVNV
2 AVNSV
2 AVNLV
2 AVLN
2 ASVN
2 ASV
1 PVVV
1 PVVNV
1 PVSVNVN
1 PVSVLVSV
1 PVSVLVN
1 PVSVLV
1 PVSNVN
1 PVSNN
1 PVSLV
1 PVNVNVN
1 PVNVLVN
1 PVNVLVL
1 PVNVLNVLV
1 PVNSVS
1 PVNSVLV
1 PVNL
1 PVLVSVN
1 PVLVSVLV
1 PVLVSV
1 PVLVSN
1 PVLVNVL
1 PVLVLVS
1 PVLSVNV
1 PVLSVL
1 PPVLNV
1 PNV
1 PLVSVN
1 PLVNVN
1 PLVLVLV
1 PFVSVN
1 PFVSL
1 PFVS
1 PFVLVN
1 PFVLNV
1 PFV
1 PFSVS
1 FVSVN
1 FVSVL
1 FVSNV
1 FVSLV
1 FVNVLVL
1 FVNVLSVL
1 FVNVLLV
1 FVNSVN
1 FVNSV
1 FVNNVS
1 FVLVNV
1 FVLSVS
1 FVLSVLV
1 FVLNVLV
1 FVLLV
1 FVLL
1 FSVNV
1 FSVNNV
1 FSVN
1 FSVLVL
1 FSVLV
1 FPVVS
1 FPVNSV
1 FPVLSVL
1 FPVLSV
1 FPVLN
1 FPLV
1 FNVSV
1 FNVN
1 FLVVS
1 FLVSN
1 FLVNVNV
1 FLVLVN
1 FLVL
1 AVSVL
1 AVSL
1 AVNVS
1 AVNLVN
1 AVLVSV
1 AVLVN
1 AVLVL
1 AVLNVLV
1 AVLNVL
--
Jim Henry
http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry