Michael Everson wrote:
>
> At 17:14 -0400 2004-06-02, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > > Now I am really puzzled since Cree would have a similar syllable
> >> structure <ma-si-na-hi-ka-n> simple CV <a-s-pi-ta-s-ko-pi-so-n> and
> >> CV with final /s/ and final /n/ using a "final". The system is
> >> composed of syllabics for open syllables and finals (plus a couple of
> >> featural signs not always used)They certainly call their system
> >> syllabic even though Naskapi has a different structure in the spoken
> >> language.
> >
> >? What's what people call their system got to do with what it encodes?
> >"Cree syllabics" has characters for each (C)V syllable, plus final
> >consonants. From your two examples, it seems that Cree has syllables CV,
> >VC, and CVC.
>
> No reason a-spi-ta-sko-pi-so-n couldn't be analyzed with CCVs though

No reason but typology. And perhaps comparative Algonquian. I don't
think there are word-intial sC's, but it's been a very long time since
my Algonquian seminar with Hockett.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...