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In Slovak language you can even have single consonant words: s=with, z=from, k=to, v=in. I'm currently cleaning up Slovak corpus and trying to find all the word
by dvh 11y ago
In Slovak language you can even have single consonant words: s=with, z=from, k=to, v=in. I'm currently cleaning up Slovak corpus and trying to find all the words without vowels but I have some 5000 more to go (there was 30000 words but most of them are shortcuts). I think there will be around ~300 words. Czech language will have more because they can use past tense masculine verb without vowel - SK: zhltol, CZ: zhltl (chrt prv zhltl hrst zrn - grayhound first swallowed handfull of seeds)
- thaumasiotes 11y agoThis is interesting; a k can't be pronounced in isolation (s, z, and v, being fricatives, can). How does that k get realized in a sentence? Does it add on to the end of the previous word, or the beginning of the next one? What if it's in a really unfriendly context, e.g. following a word that ends with m (is this possible?) and preceding another word that begins with m?
- dvh 11y agoidem k mame - (I go) to (mom), Only time when "k" changes into "ku" is if the next word start with k, g, q or x: ku Karolovi, ku Gustavovi, ku Quidovi, ku Xylofónu It is not added to previous or next word, but if you speak fast it would sound like m'lady in english. I don't have microphone here I'll check the waveform later. Previous word ending has no effect whatsoever: zemiak k mäsu - potato to meat (although in this case with Assimilation it may be pronounced as "zemiak g mäsu" or "zemiak g'mäsu")
- odiroot 11y agoInteresting, your "s" and "z" in Polish is just always "z". Your "v" is "w" instead.