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=Phonology=
=Phonology=
Sava has the following prototypical onsets: p, t, c, k, ∅, b, d, j, g, m, n, ng. These form 3 series of consonants which change in certain phonological contexts: C-, -C- and -QC-.
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|+ Consonants
The first series (p, t, c, k, ∅) stay as plosives for C-, become fricatives for -C-, and become plosives (preglottalised, geminated or plain) for -QC- – with the exception of //∅//, which only surfaces for -QC- as a glottal stop 〈'〉; and phonetically //c//, which in recent times is now /s/, /s/ and /cc/.
 
The second series (b, d, j, g) stay phonologically voiced plosives for C-, become voiced continuants for -C-, and become prenasalised for -QC-.
 
The third series are nasals, and they stay the same for both C- and -C-, while changing for -QC- into pre-stopped nasals (e.g. pm, tn, kng), or emphatically having 〈'u〉 placed before a geminate form (e.g. 〈-'umm-〉).?
 
Thus:
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! C- !! -C- !! -QC-
! C- !! -C- !! -QC-
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| k || h || 'k
| k || h || 'k
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| b || v || 'mb
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| d || l || 'nd
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| j || y || 'nj
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| g || r || 'ngg
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|colspan=2| m || 'm
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|colspan=2| n || 'n
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|colspan=2| ng || 'ng
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| b || v || mb
|}
 
Sava has the following prototypical onsets: p, t, c, k, ∅, b, d, j, g, m, n, ng. These form 3 series of consonants which change in certain phonological contexts: C-, -C- and -QC-.
 
The first series (p, t, c, k, ∅) stay as plosives for C-, become fricatives for -C-, and become plosives (preglottalised, geminated or plain) for -QC- – with the exception of //∅//, which only surfaces for -QC- as a glottal stop 〈'〉; and phonetically //c//, which in recent times is now /s/, /s/ and /cc/.
 
The second series (b, d, j, g) stay phonologically voiced plosives for C-, become voiced continuants for -C-, and become prenasalised for -QC-.
 
The third series are nasals, and they stay the same for both C- and -C-, while changing for -QC- into pre-stopped nasals (e.g. pm, tn, kng), or emphatically having 〈'u〉 placed before a geminate form (e.g. 〈-'umm-〉).?
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