Arabic-L:LING:Syllabic combination response

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Date: 06 Dec 2000
From: Tourabi Abderrezzak <tourabi at iera.um5souissi.ac.ma>
Subject: Syllabic combination response

The syllabic combinations possible in Arabic are the following:
CV; CVC; CVV; CVCC; CVVC.
The impossible ones are: *VC; *VCC; *CCV; *CCVC.
In other words, all the syllable in Arabic begin obligatory with a consonant,
and end optionally with a consonant.
Hope that can help.
Best
Tourabi

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