suzmccarth wrote:

>
> > > I do notice however that most Indic language sites refer to the
> > > syllable as the basic unit - often what is referred to as a letter
> > > or character is actually a syllable, this is the basic element.
> >
> > An aksara doesn't necessarily represent a syllable; it represents any
> > number of consonants plus a vowel, but not CVC. All syllable-final
> > consonants are attached to the initial consonant of the next syllable.
> > --
> > Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...
>
> Aren't (C)(C)CV still syllables? On the other hand can you tell me
> if aksara boundaries and morpheme boundaries conflict in Tamil? I
> guess I wouldn't want to represent "pro-tec-ted" by these three
> syllables or "mi-stake" by these two syllables.

Maybe CCCV can be a syllable in some language or other, but in Indic or
Dravidian? No akshara can represent a closed syllable CVC.

The syllables of the English word are pro-tec-ted, but in an Indic
script it's written <pro-te-cte-d>. Thus aksharas don't necessarily
correspond to syllables.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...