Rajat: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:58, 8 June 2008

Rajat is spoken in much of the Measceineafh, as it is rapidly becoming a local lingua franca, largely because of indigenous political control.

f v x > DELETE
ɖ > ʈ
θ > f ([v] where intervocular)
f# v# s# z# > DELETE
iæ iɑ ie io iu > e e i ø y > e e i e i
æ ɑ > a
e [-stress|+closed syllable] > E > ə > a
ʃ + i,e + V > ʃV ([ʒ] where intervocular)
Stress regularizes to intial where there are three or fewer syllables; penultimate where there are more.
Fusion of fi (genitive), di (instrumental), and ni (dative) to beginning of nouns produces further cases and pushes stress back to second syllable, when it then regularizes again to penultimate in all nouns.

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 ==Changes from Central Measceineafh==
-*ɑ > a, æ > e
+*f v x > DELETE
-*ʃ ʒ > s z
+*ɖ > ʈ
-*θ > s ([z] when intervocular)
+*θ > f ([v] where intervocular)
-*x > h > DELETED
+*f# v# s# z# > DELETE
-*ui iu > y > i
+*iæ iɑ ie io iu > e e i ø y > e e i e i
-*ue io > ø > e
+*æ ɑ > a
-*a e o i u [+open syllables] > a: e: o: i: u:
+*e [-stress|+closed syllable] > E > ə > a
-*a: e: o: > e: i: u:
+*ʃ + i,e + V > ʃV ([ʒ] where intervocular)
-*p# t# k# q# > DELETED
+*Stress regularizes to intial where there are three or fewer syllables; penultimate where there are more.
-*q > χ > h
+*Fusion of fi (genitive), di (instrumental), and ni (dative) to beginning of nouns produces further cases and pushes stress back to second syllable, when it then regularizes again to penultimate in all nouns.
-*s (also [z]) + i,e > ʃ ([ʒ])  (Still underway, therefore sporadic)