Re: VMs: Feedback on: Are there samples of dotless Arabic in existence?

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Jacques Guy <jguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are 6 
> possibilities in Arabic:
> 
> 1. one dot above
> 2. two dots above
> 3. three dots above
> 4. one dot below
> 5. two dots below
> 6. no dots.
> 
> I imagine Sukhotin's algorithm would give the dots
> as vowels.
> But it clearly gives <o> as a vowel. So the dots
> would have 
> to precede the ... "ur-consonant", for want of a
> better word.

Hmmm, yes I think I 'want' a better word. Is this
like the glottal stop, or a soundless consonant?

Rene

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