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If schwa occurs between two stops of identical voicing (sequences of tenuis + schwa + aspirated stop are also permissible), then both schwa and the preceding stop are deleted, and the following consonant becomes geminated e.g. /ˈqòʔɲá'''tə́=k'''á/ - "from Hkonat" is normally pronounced [ˈqɔ̀ʔɲɛ́'''kː'''á]. | If schwa occurs between two stops of identical voicing (sequences of tenuis + schwa + aspirated stop are also permissible), then both schwa and the preceding stop are deleted, and the following consonant becomes geminated e.g. /ˈqòʔɲá'''tə́=k'''á/ - "from Hkonat" is normally pronounced [ˈqɔ̀ʔɲɛ́'''kː'''á]. | ||
If a schwa is preceded by a stop, and followed by a sonorant, then both the schwa and the preceding stop are deleted, and the sonorant is glottalised and geminated e.g. /kʷə́ˈjḛ̀pá='''pə́m'''á/ - "from the cave" [kʷʉ́ˈjḛ̀pá='''m̰ː'''á]. | |||
====Semivowels==== | ====Semivowels==== | ||
An extremely common phonetic process involves sequences of /a/ or /ə/ followed by /jə/, /wə/ or /ɥə/. The second schwa is deleted, and the semivowel assimilates with the preceding vowel to form a diphthong. /ajə/ becomes [ai], /awə/ becomes [au], and /aɥə/ becomes [aʉ]. Likewise /əjə/ becomes [əi], /əwə/ becomes [əu], and /əɥə/ becomes [əʉ]. An example of this is in the name of the language, /ˈséʕk'''ə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀/, which is pronounced as [ˈséɠ'''ə̀i'''ɲːì]. | An extremely common phonetic process involves sequences of /a/ or /ə/ followed by /jə/, /wə/ or /ɥə/. The second schwa is deleted, and the semivowel assimilates with the preceding vowel to form a diphthong. /ajə/ becomes [ai], /awə/ becomes [au], and /aɥə/ becomes [aʉ]. Likewise /əjə/ becomes [əi], /əwə/ becomes [əu], and /əɥə/ becomes [əʉ]. An example of this is in the name of the language, /ˈséʕk'''ə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀/, which is pronounced as [ˈséɠ'''ə̀i'''ɲːì]. | ||