Rara #101
Legacy number: 101
| Number | 101 |
| Phenomenon | 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 |
| Found in | Arrernte, Oykangand, Olgol, Okunjan, Kawarrangg (Pama-Nyungan, Australian); Barra dialect of Gaelic (Celtic, IE) |
| Domain | phonology — syllable structure |
| Type | rarissimum |
| Keywords | onset |
| 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. |
| Violates | not yet in UA: Onset Maximization |
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