Syllable Structure in Fahari.

Autor: Khan, Abdul Qadir, Bukhari, Nadeem Haider
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Zdroj: Kashmir Journal of Language Research; 2015, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p45-60, 16p
Abstrakt: The current study presents a comprehensive description of Syllable structure of Pahari, an undocumented language, spoken in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Murree Hills. The study shows that: 1) all Pahari consonants occur on word initial position except/; 2) only obstruent-liquid onset clusters and homorganic nasal-obstruent coda clusters are allowed; 3) rhyme can have 3-X positions maximum;4) minimum requirement for a syllable is a short vowel, but minimum requirement for a monosyllabic word is a long vowel or a diphthong;5) onset and coda are optional in a syllable;6) the language does not allow words to end with short vowels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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