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Example 30-248
Kántu
ó
mi o
bi
kel
kusa la, e ka spéra
más
náda.
Kántu
when
ómi
man
obi
hear
kel=kusa
dem
.
sg
=thing
la,
there
e=ka=spéra
3sg
=
neg
=wait
más
more
náda.
nothing
When the man heard this, he didn't wait any longer.
German:
Als der Mann das hörte, wartete er nicht mehr länger.
Comment:
This sentence contains 15 syllables without a consonant in the coda and 2 syllables with one consonant in the coda.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 55
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable codas: Only simple codas
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