rarissimum 101: VC as (the only or preferred) syllable type, with VC0CV thus syllabified as VC0C.V rather than as VC0.CV, at least at some level
Where found
Arrernte, Oykangand, Olgol, Okunjan, Kawarrangg (Pama-Nyungan, Australian); Barra dialect of Gaelic (Celtic, IE)
Domain
phonology
Subdomain
syllable structure
Keywords
onset
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
not yet in UA: Onset Maximization
Source
Sommer, B. A. (1970). An Australian language without CV syllables. International Journal of American Linguistics 36: 57-58. Breen, Gavan & Rob Pensalfini (1999). Arrernte: A language with no syllable onsets. Linguistic Inquiry 30: 1-25. Borgstrøm, C. H. (1937). The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap 7.
