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From: petermc@math.mit.edu (Peter McCorquodale)
Subject: Re: "consonant harmony" Does it exist?
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In article <3ejoi1$rqs@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de>,
Jens Wuepper <fm4a004@math.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I have heard about "vowel harmony".
>
>Now I wonder, whether such a thing as "consonant harmony" exists in
>any language.

How about the rule in English for forming plurals of nouns that end in
consonants?  (Add [z] or [s] according to whether voiced or unvoiced.)
