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Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:41 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:37 pm There is a language without /a/?
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BokaBB

Hawaiian doesn't even have /s/, so you shouldn't be that surprised.

Wikipedia wrote:The open front unrounded vowel, or low front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:44 pm

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:41 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:37 pm There is a language without /a/?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

Hawaiian doesn't even have /s/, so you shouldn't be that surprised.

Wikipedia wrote:The open front unrounded vowel, or low front unrounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.

I used to learn it a bit and it has /a/.
Please give me a language without /a/ as fast as possible.
I have an idea for a new interesting board game!
Have a good day!

BokaBB

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:40 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:37 pm There is a language without /a/?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

of course there is, there's a lot of languages and no phoneme is in all of them-- in fact, (many dialects of) english doesn't use /a/ except in the diphthong /aɪ/ not to mention many of my conlangs have no /a/

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:54 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:44 pm

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:41 pm
Hawaiian doesn't even have /s/, so you shouldn't be that surprised.

I used to learn it a bit and it has /a/.
Please give me a language without /a/ as fast as possible.
I have an idea for a new interesting board game!
Have a good day!

BokaBB

I've already given one.

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:40 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:37 pm There is a language without /a/?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

of course there is, there's a lot of languages and no phoneme is in all of them-- in fact, (many dialects of) english doesn't use /a/ except in the diphthong /aɪ/ not to mention many of my conlangs have no /a/

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:56 pm

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:54 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:44 pm
I used to learn it a bit and it has /a/.
Please give me a language without /a/ as fast as possible.
I have an idea for a new interesting board game!
Have a good day!

BokaBB

I've already given one.

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:40 pm

of course there is, there's a lot of languages and no phoneme is in all of them-- in fact, (many dialects of) english doesn't use /a/ except in the diphthong /aɪ/ not to mention many of my conlangs have no /a/

Still,that still counts as having /a/.
I have seen some claims that Proto-Indo-European had no /a/. Can you check that, please?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:44 pm Please give me a language without /a/ as fast as possible.

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 6:20 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 1:44 pm Please give me a language without /a/ as fast as possible.

Turkish.

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 6:37 pm Without /a/.... Still it has some a - like sounds,yes?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 6:45 pm But /a/ is nowhere near a ubiquitous sound.

Moosey wrote: January 29th, 2021, 7:18 pm it actually appears in over 80% of languages, so it is quite common. But no sound appears in all languages, not even /m/

Schiaparelliorbust wrote: January 29th, 2021, 6:45 pm

BokaBB wrote: January 29th, 2021, 6:37 pm Without /a/.... Still it has some a - like sounds,yes?
Have a good day!

BokaBB

We have /ä/ and /æ/. Wikipedia doesn't mention Turkish on the page for /a/, but the page for Turkish morphology says that it does have it, so I guess I was wrong. But /a/ is nowhere near a ubiquitous sound.
Long story short, don't assume things for languages.
Example: Some don't even have numbers.