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==Phonotactics== | ==Phonotactics== | ||
The syllable structure in Nanyse (meaning the number of consonant sounds that may precede or follow a vowel sound) is CCCVCCC (C = consonant, V = vowel), as long as the consonant clusters are an allowed combination. In addition, when a vowel is followed by a single consonant and then another vowel, the consonant is considered to belong to the second syllable. As happens with many languages that are formed over a long period of time from many different sources, there is the occasional word that doesn't fit this format. These words are the exception to the rule and are few in number. | |||
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! colspan="10" | Syllable Structure | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Onset | |||
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Nucleus | |||
! colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Coda | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Any single consonant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Any single Consonant | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Voiceless plosive + approximant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Two voiceless plosives | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Voiceless affricate + approximant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Two voiceless fricatives | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Voiceless fricative + approximant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 'r' + fricative | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 's' + nasal, other than 'ŋ' | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 'r' + nasal or lateral | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 's' + voiceless plosive | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 'r' + plosive or affricate | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 's' + voiceless fricative | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Nasal + fricative | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 's' + voiceless plosive + approximant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Approximant + nasal | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 's' + voiceless fricative + approximant | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Approximant + fricative | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Approximant + plosive or affricate | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Nasal + plosive or affricate | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Plosive + voiceless fricative | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Voiceless fricative + voiceless plosive | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Three obstruents | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| 'r' + two consonants | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Approximant + two consonants | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| | |||
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Vowel | |||
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"| Nasal + plosive + plosive or fricative | |||
|} | |||
All syllables have a nucleus | |||
No geminates | |||
No onset /ŋ/ or /ʒ/ | |||
No /h/ in the syllable coda | |||
No affricates in complex onsets | |||
The first consonant in a complex onset most be an obstruent | |||
The second consonant in a complex onset must not be a voiced obstruent | |||
If the first consonant in a complex onset is an /s/, the second must be a liquid or a glide | |||
Substring principle | |||
No glides in codas | |||
If there is a complex coda, the second consonant must not be /ŋ/, /ʒ/, or /ð/ | |||
If the second consonant in a complex coda is voiced, so is the first | |||
Non-alveolar nasals must be homorganic with the next segment | |||
Two obstruents in the same coda must share voicing | |||
==Prosody== | |||
===Stress=== | |||
Syllable stress is light and penult, meaning that the next-to-last syllable is the one stressed, except in single syllable words, where it is omitted. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== |
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