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Quick question for our Finnish contingent

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:13 pm
by alice
In native words, how common are the following consonant clusters in roots, not across morpheme boundaries?
  • pl pr tr tv kl kr
  • sh sm sn sl sj
  • hs hl
  • mh
  • lh ln

Re: Quick question for our Finnish contingent

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:28 am
by Qwynegold
Do you mean across syllable boundaries? I would say something like this:

Less unusual: hl (mahla, pihlaja, kahlata, tuhlata), lh (ylhäällä, alhaalla, kulho, valhe)
Very unusual: tv (latva, Ritva), tr (Kultakutri, mutrusuu), sm (horsma, Sysmä), sl (kaisla)
Not in native words: pl, pr, kl, kr, sh, sn, sj, hs, mh, ln

What is this for?

Re: Quick question for our Finnish contingent

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:11 am
by alice
That's great, thanks. It's for enlightenment purposes.

Re: Quick question for our Finnish contingent

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:48 am
by Qwynegold
Hmm, intriguing.