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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
{{Muna_Phonotactics}}
{{Muna_Phonotactics}}
'''Initial (ι)'''
* Initials are optional word-initially and mandatory elsewhere
* Can’t have the same manner of articulation as a preceding coda
'''Medial (μ)'''
* Medials re optional
* Liquids are only allowed after stops or fricatives
* /s/ Is only allowed after nasals or liquids
* /s/ is forbidden on a first syllable or after a syllable with coda
'''Nucleus (ν)'''
* Nuclei are mandatory
* Diphthongs are not allowed after a semivowel
'''Coda (κ)'''
* Codas are optional
* Nasals must have the same place of articulation as the following obstruent
* Liquid + fricative are only allowed word-finally
===Stress===
Stress is often placed on the first syllable, sometimes on the second.
===Allophony===
* Voiced fricatives [β ð ɣ] undergo fortition [b d g] when adjacent to a stop or nasal
* Adjacent unvoiced stops and their voiced counterparts [pb bp td dt kg gk] become voiced and geminated [b: d: g:]
* The voiced alveolar fricative [ð] undergoes fortition [d] before [l]
* The lateral approximant [l] becomes a lateral release [◌ˡ] after alveolar stops [t d]
* Alveolar and velar nasals [n ŋ] become palatal nasals [ɲ] before [j]
==Word Classes==
===Nouns===
====Dependency Structure====
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Determiner
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Quantifier
! colspan="2" |Noun
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Case
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Adjective
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Genitive
|-
|style="width:60px;" |Root
|style="width:60px;" |Number
|}

Revision as of 21:25, 8 April 2015

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p t k
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative Spirant β ɸ ð θ ɣ h
Silibant s
Liquid Flap ɾ
Approx. l
Glide Approx. j w
    V • T • E

Vowels

Front Back
Unrounded Rounded
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a ɒ
    V • T • E

Diphthongs

i u
a ai
e ei
ɒ ɒu
o ou
    V • T • E

Phonotactics

Syllable (σ)
Onset (ω) Rime (ρ)
Initial (ι) Medial (μ) Nucleus (ν) Coda (κ)
  • Consonant
  • Semivowel
  • Liquid
  • Plosive
  • /s/
  • Vowel
  • Diphthong
  • Nasal
  • Liquid
  • Fricative
  • Liquid + fricative
  • Liquid + nasal
    V • T • E

Initial (ι)

  • Initials are optional word-initially and mandatory elsewhere
  • Can’t have the same manner of articulation as a preceding coda

Medial (μ)

  • Medials re optional
  • Liquids are only allowed after stops or fricatives
  • /s/ Is only allowed after nasals or liquids
  • /s/ is forbidden on a first syllable or after a syllable with coda

Nucleus (ν)

  • Nuclei are mandatory
  • Diphthongs are not allowed after a semivowel

Coda (κ)

  • Codas are optional
  • Nasals must have the same place of articulation as the following obstruent
  • Liquid + fricative are only allowed word-finally

Stress

Stress is often placed on the first syllable, sometimes on the second.

Allophony

  • Voiced fricatives [β ð ɣ] undergo fortition [b d g] when adjacent to a stop or nasal
  • Adjacent unvoiced stops and their voiced counterparts [pb bp td dt kg gk] become voiced and geminated [b: d: g:]
  • The voiced alveolar fricative [ð] undergoes fortition [d] before [l]
  • The lateral approximant [l] becomes a lateral release [◌ˡ] after alveolar stops [t d]
  • Alveolar and velar nasals [n ŋ] become palatal nasals [ɲ] before [j]

Word Classes

Nouns

Dependency Structure

Determiner Quantifier Noun Case Adjective Genitive
Root Number
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