A disyllabic word in this
language cannot consist of just two vowels alone. The structure of
the disyllabic words in this language can be broadly sub-grouped
into two which when put in a schematic diagram would be:
(i) V(C)
(C) (C) V (C)
(ii) (C)CV(C) (C)
(C)
The limitations in the
operation of the scheme given above are :
(i)
If the
first syllable has VC the second syllable would have only
CV/(C) VC,
(ii)
If the
first syllable has CCV (C) the second would consist of only
CVC, and
(iii)
CCV can
occur only in the onset or in the coda and not in both.
The illustrative examples of
these types are given below:
The trisyllabic words in this
language could also be broadly sub grouped into two sub-types. These
are :
(i) V (C)
(C) CV (C) (C) CV (C)
(ii) (C) CV (C) (C) V (C)
(C) (C) V (C)
There are some limitations in
the use of the scheme in that : (i) no occurrence of CCVC in any
syllable, (ii) the first syllable is of V, the second one will have
CCV, and (iv) if the second syllable is of V, only a CV would occur in
the third syllable.
The illustrative examples of
these sub-types are given below :
puni jogor
asirwad
‘you’
‘python’
‘blessing’
asmbli
'assembly'
insena
ekserses
oytyosa
‘similar’
‘exercise’
‘funny’
suali
kukura
porajoy
‘girl’
‘cock’
'defeat'
smudra
‘sea’
pndoro
‘fifteen’
kriminal
‘criminal’
somoyte
‘during’
There are very few words in
this language having tetra syllables. Almost all the them are compound
ones and these also have mainly a simple structure of VC, CV pattern :
The syllabic structure of the tetrasyllabic words in this language
could be schematically presented as :
(C)
r 
ur 
