Comments on: Gemination and vowel length https://vividmaps.com/gemination-and-vowel-leng/ Maps that explain the World Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: John https://vividmaps.com/gemination-and-vowel-leng/#comment-6215 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:33:04 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/2016/03/14/gemination-and-vowel-leng/#comment-6215 This is wrong. Kannada has both gemination and vowel length.

I know this because “katte” and “kate” are two different things. “katte” means “donkey”, while “kate” means “story”. I would be quite surprised if it turned out that my mother had been calling me a story or reading me a donkey.

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