Talk:Amatharic

Syllable
(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)(C)V(C) It cant be seriously that 1 single syllable cant be THAT huge, english is stretching the limits and its not even that big The Emperor Zelos 18:28, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

I agree... You cannot possibly form not even one single word THAT consonantal! How do this language's words sound (and formed) like? kstrgdtis or sptflngat?! That could only be possible if most of these consonants were silent or formed multi-gramms that were spelled differently. The Glossophile 18:58, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Heh, then you haven't seen some natural languages. An example would be a Georgian verb pronounced as: /ɡvbrdɣvnis/ (He's plucking us) or some Nuaxlk verbs such as: /xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ/ (He had in his possession a bunchberry plant), and it exists. Oh, and there doesn't have to be a vowel, as shown: pskvrgtvzrt where /r/ is the syllable nucleus Wattman 19:12, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

Well ok, if you really like consonants THAT much, I rest my case! :P But still... how are you (or anyone else) supposed to pronounce every syllable? I just think it is very hard and not that used among natural languages. Most natural languages prefer sonorant consonants and vowels than hard, plosive or fricative consonants. Georgian is un unlucky outsider! The Glossophile 19:25, September 9, 2010 (UTC)

I agree with the Glossophile and Zelos, but if he likes it, can pronounce it, makes it belivable, I'd say go for it! It is not my language, so I don't get to criticise it unless it bugs me a lot. Also, it seems that there isn't much of a vowel base there. Rostov-na-don 21:12, September 9, 2010 (UTC)