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===Sandhi=== | ===Sandhi=== | ||
There is a small Sandhi factor to Buerkáns which occurs with the voicing of the last letter of a word in relationship to the phoneme that begins the word after it. This only occurs when a Stop is the last letter of a word, and is followed by an near, mid, or fully-open vowel quality in the next word. If the Stop is not already voiced, it becomes so. In Buerkáns, this means that the letters ''P | There is a small Sandhi factor to Buerkáns which occurs with the voicing of the last letter of a word in relationship to the phoneme that begins the word after it. This only occurs when a Stop is the last letter of a word, and is followed by an near, mid, or fully-open vowel quality in the next word. If the Stop is not already voiced, it becomes so. In Buerkáns, this means that the letters ''P~B'', ''T~D'', and ''K'' are all affected when the next word starts with ''A'', ''Á'', ''E'', or ''O''. The only sound excepted from this function is /ʌ/, which only occurs after ''R'' and ''D'', and therefore cannot appear on its own. | ||
This does not change the already voiced stops, but means that there must always be a voiced stop before an open vowel between words. | |||
* ''det áppel'' /dʌ'''d''‿'''ˈa:'''pəl/ - the apple | |||
* '' jik spyltet epik'' /'jɪk 'spai̯l.tə'''d'''‿'''ˈɛ'''pɪk/ - I played fantastically (epically) | |||
* ''jep, oemkí ánaars es hyr'' /'jɛ'''b'''‿'''ˈɔ'''ɛ̯m.ki: 'ɛs 'hai̯r/ - yep, uncle Ánaars (anders/andrew) is here | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||