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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
====Vowel harmony==== | ====Vowel harmony==== | ||
Celabrian has | Celabrian has three vowel harmony systems: high, low, and mixed. These are shown in the table below: | ||
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|+ Standard Celabrian vowel harmony systems | |+ Standard Celabrian vowel harmony systems | ||
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! rounded | ! rounded | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! High | ||
| ''i'' [i] | | ''i'' [i] | ||
| ''y'' [y] | | ''y'' [y] | ||
| ''ə'' [ə] | | ''ə'' [ə] | ||
| ''u'' [u] | | ''u'' [u] | ||
|- | |||
! Low | |||
| colspan="2" | ''e'' [e] | |||
| colspan="2" | ''a'' [ɑ] | |||
|- | |||
! Mixed | |||
| colspan="2" | ''e'' [e] | |||
| colspan="2" | ''ə'' [ə] | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
In this article, the following notation is used to represent vowel harmony in affixes: | In this article, the following notation is used to represent vowel harmony in affixes: | ||
*''<u> | *''<u>ə</u>'': high harmonizing vowel (''ə/u/i/y'') | ||
**Represents back allomorphs (''ə/u'') when contrasted with ''<u>i</u>'' (= ''i/y''), and unrounded allomorphs (''ə/i'') when contrasted with ''<u>u</u>'' (= ''u/y''). | |||
**Represents back allomorphs (ə/u) when contrasted with ''<u>i</u>'', and unrounded allomorphs (ə/i) when contrasted with ''<u>u</u>'' | *''<u>a</u>'': low harmonizing vowel (''a/e'') | ||
*''<u>e</u>'': mixed harmonizing vowel (''ə/e'') | |||
Most prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the nearest vowel in the word they are attached to. Vowels within a word do not necessarily have to agree in frontness/backness. | Most prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the nearest vowel in the word they are attached to. Vowels within a word do not necessarily have to agree in frontness/backness. | ||
====Palatalization==== | ====Palatalization==== | ||
Velar and post-velar consonants in harmonizing affixes are often palatalized when the harmonizing vowel is fronted. There are some exceptions, such as ''-q'' in the ergative suffix ''-<u>ə</u>q/q''. In this article, this is indicated with a ring above the consonant: | Velar and post-velar consonants in harmonizing affixes are often palatalized when the harmonizing vowel is fronted. There are some exceptions, such as ''-q'' in the ergative suffix ''-<u>ə</u>q/q''. In this article, this is indicated with a ring above the consonant: | ||