Number of possible syllables in Finnish?

harris_lindsay · Post by **harris_lindsay** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:45 am

I am a graduate student in psycholinguistics in the U.S. trying to compile morpho-phonological information for several languages. I have had a hard time coming up with an estimate of the number of syllables possible in Finnish. For example, English has upwards of 8,000 syllables, whereas Japanese has just over a hundred. Could anyone here direct me to a resource where I might get this information for Finnish? I'd really appreciate it!

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Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:31 am

http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=2

priki · Post by **priki** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:34 pm

http://www.kotikielenseura.fi/virittaja ... 77_265.pdf
According to that article, number of theoretically possible syllables is 5696, but only about 3300 of those are used in real life.

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