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#185097 06/01/09 03:54 AM
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Is there a name for the group of words that don't contain vowels?

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I found "unvoweled" here

http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=word+no+vowels


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Hi DeeCee
are there such words in English?

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Depending on whether you're talking about spelling or pronunciation: nth.

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xłp̓x̣ʷłtłpłłskʷc̓
[xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ]
'he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant.'
(Nater 1984, cited in Bagemihl 1991: 16)

wld ths mn the Nuxalk lngg hs ts wn Alphbth?

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No, Nuxálk uses the Latin alphabet. That's a transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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