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Long vowels may be nasalized, either phonemically or allophonically (before /nj/ where both cons are deleted, before nasal+fricative clusters with nasal deletion in most dialects -- in some dialects, nasalization allophony occurs before ''all'' fricatives), and short vowels may be allophonically nasalized. That seems like a curious set of assertions to make, but Wikipedia Is Never Wrong™. | Long vowels may be nasalized, either phonemically or allophonically (before /nj/ where both cons are deleted, before nasal+fricative clusters with nasal deletion in most dialects -- in some dialects, nasalization allophony occurs before ''all'' fricatives), and short vowels may be allophonically nasalized. That seems like a curious set of assertions to make, but Wikipedia Is Never Wrong™. | ||
== | ==Mahican== | ||
Word structure seems to be | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" | |||
|align = "center"|p | |||
|align = "center"|t | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|k | |||
|align = "center"|kʷ | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|s | |||
|align = "center"|ʃ | |||
|align = "center"|x | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|h | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|ts | |||
|align = "center"|tʃ | |||
|align = "center"|ks | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"|m | |||
|align = "center"|n | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|j | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|w | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|}<br clear="all"> | |||
The phoneme /kʷ/ allophonically becomes /kʰ/ word-finally. | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" | |||
|align = "center"|iː | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"|e | |||
|align = "center"|ə | |||
|align = "center"|oː | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"|ɛ | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|a aː ã | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|}<br clear="all"> | |||
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" | |||
|align = "center"|iːw | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"|ew | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"| | |||
|align = "center"|aw | |||
|}<br clear="all"> | |||
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" align="center" | |||
|align = "center"|ej | |||
|- | |||
|align = "center"|aj | |||
|}<br clear="all"> | |||
==Iroquoian== | ==Iroquoian== | ||
==Old English from an ON viewpoint== | ==Old English from an ON viewpoint== | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 15 March 2007
My notes in progress
Inuktitut
Phonology
Word structure is something like C?V(:|j|w)?C?(CV(:|j|w)?C?)*
Morphology that creates CCC sequences always has a deletion rule. For Finlaesk, this will probably become phonemic CCC sequences, due to the odd couple of polysegmental phonemes.
Sandhi occurs by "Manner of Articulation" (voiced, voiceless, or nasal). E.g. /ipti/ is legal, but /inti/ and /iqgi/ are not. Generally, this is done by regressive assimilation, maybe to the point of gemination. Greenlandic tends to use progressive assimilation. Some consonants in C1C2 sequences force C2:, which varies from dialect to dialect.
Grammar Points
Fully productive dual in verbal inflection. Is it saner to fall back to PN or PIE dual paradigm, or to borrow or mimic the Inukt pattern?
Verbs inflect via Conjugation I for Intransitives and Transitives with indefinite Direct Objects or Proper Noun DOs, and via Conjugation II for Transitives with definite non-Proper-Noun DOs. Actually, it's a bit more complificational, but that's enough gist for now.
Ojibwe
Word structure seems to be V?(CC?V)+(CC?)?
Consonants
| p b | t d | k ɡ | ʔ | |
| s z | ʃ ʒ | h | ||
| tʃ dʒ | ||||
| m | n | |||
| j | ɰ |
The phoneme /n/ allophonically becomes /ŋ/ immediately before the velars /k/, /g/, /ɰ/
The allowable medial consonant clusters are /mb/, /nd/, /ŋg/, /nj/, /nz/, /ns/, /nʒ/, /sk/, /ʃp/, /ʃt/ and /ʃk/, or any cluster with a second element of /ɰ/. The allowable final consonant clusters are /nd/, /ŋg/, /nj/, /ns/, /nʒ/ and /ʃk/. Initial consonant clusters are disallowed.
Vowels
Short
| ɪ | ||
| ə | o |
Long
| iː | ||
| eː | oː | |
| ɑː |
Long vowels may be nasalized, either phonemically or allophonically (before /nj/ where both cons are deleted, before nasal+fricative clusters with nasal deletion in most dialects -- in some dialects, nasalization allophony occurs before all fricatives), and short vowels may be allophonically nasalized. That seems like a curious set of assertions to make, but Wikipedia Is Never Wrong™.
Mahican
Word structure seems to be
Consonants
| p | t | k | kʷ | ||
| s | ʃ | x | h | ||
| ts | tʃ | ks | |||
| m | n | ||||
| j | w |
The phoneme /kʷ/ allophonically becomes /kʰ/ word-finally.
Vowels
| iː | ||
| e | ə | oː |
| ɛ | ||
| a aː ã |
| iːw | |
| ew | |
| aw |
| ej |
| aj |
