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Number of syllables in Cantonese
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- Subject: Number of syllables in Cantonese
- From: Jorge Stolfi <stolfi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:43:31 -0200 (EDT)
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PS, just for the record: my pocket dictionary of Cantonese
lists about 5300 characters with about 1800 distinct
pronounciations (syllables).
Of course, only a fraction of these would be used in a sample of
36,000+ tokens...
--stolfi