Re: Finnish KASKI

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 55962
Date: 2008-03-26

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:46 +0100, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>
>A brief look at Sammallahti's word-lists in Sinor's "The
>Uralic Languages" (Brill) gives me the impression that the
>Mari vowel lengths are not a bad fit for Tálos and
>Abondolo's system,
>
>but I don't feel qualified to offer a definite opinion.
>
>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>
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>
>Indeed,
>
>If Mari language(s) have short / long contrast
>that's news.

It's usually referred to as full ~ reduced in descriptions
of the contemporary Mari dialects.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
miguelc@...