Talk:Consonant length

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Is there any relationship between Gemination and Glottal stop? Synchronically, Diachronically, otherwise? I suspect they are somehow connected in at least some languages. &mdash; Hippietrail 00:42, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure, but gemination in Japanese is often realized as a glottal stop. That's my very strong impression from hearing it, but someone would need to do some research to see if that's true or not. -Iopq 23:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Could someone provide translations for the Finnish examples?
 * Peter Isotalo 13:15, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Consonant length lost in modern Greek
Is consonant length really gone in modern Greek? Topses 22:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, except in Cypriot and perhaps some other dialects. The orthography, however, preserves doubled consonants, e.g. συλλέγω [si'leγo] I collect and they presumably appear somewhere in the derivation: /sin+leγo/ > /silleγo/. --Macrakis 22:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

gemination in English
I tried to expand this section and make it more accurate. I was unable to find the symbol for the 'cat' sound though - it would be good if someone could correct that in my transcriptions. Zigzig20s 14:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The term "gemination" needs to be formally defined somewhere. 71.101.158.23 13:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The dictionaries I consulted define "geminate" as a long or double consonant. The usage of "gemination" in the article seems to imply a shortening when the same consonant appears at the end of one word and the beginning of another. Which is correct?--agr 11:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Estonian in intro
I am moving this down to an Estonian section -- it's too specific for the intro. --Macrakis 22:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)