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> First time I see a word in any language that consists only of consonants Polish is quite tame with these as far as Slavic languages go. "Strč prst skrz krk"
by ajuc 5y ago
> First time I see a word in any language that consists only of consonants
Polish is quite tame with these as far as Slavic languages go. "Strč prst skrz krk" is a proper sentence in Czech and Slovak :)
- tsimionescu 5y agoRomanian has the opposite oddity: we have whole words made up of vowels, with a proper sentence like that: "Aia e o oaie" ("that is a sheep", pronounced roughly 'ah-ya ye awe wa-ye').
- carlob 5y agoExcept in most Slavic languages r can work as a vowel. (if you are confused think about how the y in year is a vowel sound but works as a consonant in the syllable)
- andrewshadura 5y agoY in year does not represent a vowel sound.
- tsimionescu 5y agoPhonetically, it is a vowel (a sound produced with an open vowel tract), but phonologically, it is a consonant (a sound that forms the onset of a syllable).