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Tashunka incorporated Iyyaħmi new findings on Vadi phonology and phonotactics to an alternate orthography focused on the actual phonetic realization <u>after</u> sandhi processes were applied. Tashunka's system has become very popular among Vadists, and now the prevailing practice is to present Tashunka's and Iyyaħmi's transcription side by side, the first for its simplicity and focus on the final phonetic realization in a format familiar to many linguists who utilize the Americanist system, and the latter for illustrating underlying mutation and other sandhi processes. Where mutations occurred, Tashunka makes note of that in his glosses. | Tashunka incorporated Iyyaħmi new findings on Vadi phonology and phonotactics to an alternate orthography focused on the actual phonetic realization <u>after</u> sandhi processes were applied. Tashunka's system has become very popular among Vadists, and now the prevailing practice is to present Tashunka's and Iyyaħmi's transcription side by side, the first for its simplicity and focus on the final phonetic realization in a format familiar to many linguists who utilize the Americanist system, and the latter for illustrating underlying mutation and other sandhi processes. Where mutations occurred, Tashunka makes note of that in his glosses. | ||
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These different orthographies are emblematic of the split in the Vadist community. The existence of the Aħħur texts have only served to add confusion, as the spelling in the fragments of the textual material is consistent and regular, suggesting the Vadi phonemic inventory is even smaller than that of Minhast. A compromise solution has been advanced by a minority of Vadists, that the Aħħur texts represent an even later form of Vadi increasingly influenced by the dominant Minhast language. Thus far, no conclusive evidence has been found to support this hypothesis. Alternative tests, non-linguistic tests for this hypothesis have been proposed, the most recent one being carbon dating of the Aħħur and Kalapái parchments. Unfortunately, carbon dating analysis of the texts cannot provide support for that hypothesis as both corpora have been already contaminated by the number of hands that have handled the material. | These different orthographies are emblematic of the split in the Vadist community. The existence of the Aħħur texts have only served to add confusion, as the spelling in the fragments of the textual material is consistent and regular, suggesting the Vadi phonemic inventory is even smaller than that of Minhast. A compromise solution has been advanced by a minority of Vadists, that the Aħħur texts represent an even later form of Vadi increasingly influenced by the dominant Minhast language. Thus far, no conclusive evidence has been found to support this hypothesis. Alternative tests, non-linguistic tests for this hypothesis have been proposed, the most recent one being carbon dating of the Aħħur and Kalapái parchments. Unfortunately, carbon dating analysis of the texts cannot provide support for that hypothesis as both corpora have been already contaminated by the number of hands that have handled the material. | ||
In this article, the Tashunka transcription system will be used for transcribing texts according to the ''Šibbūru'' model, while Schumann's will be used for the Traditionalist model. Where mutation information is important, Iyyaħmi's system will be employed. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||