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A few morphophonemic rules: -l + l- → -ld-; -r + -l- → -rd-; -m + n- → -nd-; -n + m-, -n + v- → -mv- | A few morphophonemic rules: -l + l- → -ld-; -r + -l- → -rd-; -m + n- → -nd-; -n + m-, -n + v- → -mv- | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 4 November 2012
One of the major languages of Sumatra on Earth'.
Vowels
| i | ʉ | u |
| e | ɵ | o |
| a | ||
Possible vowel combinations in a word:
- /i o a ?/
- /ʉ o a/
- /i ʉ u a/
- /i e o a/
- /i ʉ ɵ o a/
- /i o u a/
- /i u a/
In all of these except the last, /a/ can only occur as the final vowel.
This system is derived from total harmony (save final /a/) + _j _w _ː by the following changes:
- Assimilation: aj aw ew → ej ow ɵw
- Smoothing: ij ej ʉj ʉw ow uw → iː eː ʉː uː oː uː
- iː ʉː uː → … → oː oː ʉː
- Raising: eː ɵː oː → iː ʉː uː
- Loss of vowel length
- iw → … → ??
- oj uj → … → i
- ew → … → o
- ɵj ɵw → … → i o
- Dissimilation of /ʉ/ /i/ (to what???) in an *u-word or *ɵ-word
This can be still seen from that most vowels are unchanged, and the changed vowels can only appear in an open syllable.
Consonants
| p | t | k |
| (b) | d | g |
| v | z | s |
| w | l | j |
| m | n | r |
Color code:
| Freely occurring | · | non-initial | · | medial only | · | non-final | · | initial only |
In other words, coda consonants are /t k d g s r l m n/. Medial [b] should be consider'd allophonic with initial [p], and one could additionally consider medial [z] allophonic with initial [j].
A few morphophonemic rules: -l + l- → -ld-; -r + -l- → -rd-; -m + n- → -nd-; -n + m-, -n + v- → -mv-
