Re: Re[6]: [tied] Re: Monovocalism: sequel

From: Harald Hammarström
Message: 34382
Date: 2004-09-30

> It is a _fact_ that not one language has been identified by you or
> anyone showing an exclusive use of non-lexical vowels. Not one. It's
> also common sense that it would be practically impossible to do so.
>
> I'm being very generous in calling it a "rare" situation in order to
> leave possibility for such a language to exist. So far it actually
> doesn't appear to even exist.

Apart from Caucasian languages, Jaqaru (in South America) is said to have
few vowels, and a non-semitic language Mulwi somewhere in Africa (I forget
where) as well. It might be worth checking them - unfortunately my library
(Gothenburg University) does not have the bibliographic resources for
those two lgs.

/Harald