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** Hill Mari /ä/ ← *e / _{ŋ, r}_ | ** Hill Mari /ä/ ← *e / _{ŋ, r}_ | ||
*reduced high vowels: *ɪ *ʏ *ʊ = Hill (Western) Mari /ə ə ɤ/, Meadow (Eastern) Mari /i y u/ | *reduced high vowels: *ɪ *ʏ *ʊ = Hill (Western) Mari /ə ə ɤ/, Meadow (Eastern) Mari /i y u/ | ||
*reduced mid vowels: *ə *ɤ = Hill Mari /ə ɤ/, Meadow Mari /e o/ | *reduced mid vowels: *ə *ɤ = Hill Mari /ə ɤ/, Meadow Mari /e o/ (no front rounded member?) | ||
** NB: /ə ɤ/ are more accurately [ə̟ ə̠], or perhaps [e̽ o̽]. | ** NB: /ə ɤ/ are more accurately [ə̟ ə̠], or perhaps [e̽ o̽]. | ||
*a *oo = in Hill Mari /a o/, Meadow Mari /o u/ | * *a *oo = in Hill Mari /a o/, Meadow Mari /o u/ | ||
** /a/ also exists sporadically in Meadow Mari. | ** /a/ also exists sporadically in Meadow Mari. | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 15 December 2010
My ad hoc reconstruction of Mari vocalism (note: read literature):
- *e *i *o *u *ü *ö = branches agree
- Hill Mari /ä/ ← *e / _{ŋ, r}_
- reduced high vowels: *ɪ *ʏ *ʊ = Hill (Western) Mari /ə ə ɤ/, Meadow (Eastern) Mari /i y u/
- reduced mid vowels: *ə *ɤ = Hill Mari /ə ɤ/, Meadow Mari /e o/ (no front rounded member?)
- NB: /ə ɤ/ are more accurately [ə̟ ə̠], or perhaps [e̽ o̽].
- *a *oo = in Hill Mari /a o/, Meadow Mari /o u/
- /a/ also exists sporadically in Meadow Mari.
The vowel inventories are:
- Me /a e i o u ü ö/
- Hi /a e i o u ü ö ä ə ɤ/
- NW dialects also /ʊ ʏ/
