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All of the demonstrative proclitics undergo a special process when the following word begins with a glottal consonant /h/ or /ʔ/. In all cases, the following word's initial glottal consonant is deleted. | All of the demonstrative proclitics undergo a special process when the following word begins with a glottal consonant /h/ or /ʔ/. In all cases, the following word's initial glottal consonant is deleted. | ||
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The other demonstratives all lose their final /ɨ/, so the prefix /dʷɨsɨ/ [dʷusɨ] - "this" would combine with /ˈhɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [ˈhḭmːʲḭ] to give /dʷɨˈsɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [dʷuˈsḭmːʲḭ]. | The other demonstratives all lose their final /ɨ/, so the prefix /dʷɨsɨ/ [dʷusɨ] - "this" would combine with /ˈhɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [ˈhḭmːʲḭ] to give /dʷɨˈsɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [dʷuˈsḭmːʲḭ]. | ||
=====Consonant Mutations===== | =====Consonant Mutations===== | ||
Since adnominal demonstratives are phonologically part of the following word, they are affected by the rule that prohibits more than one strong consonant in a single word. So /ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [ˈkʷṳsːɨ] - "ocean fish" becomes /ʔaɴ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [ʔaŋˈkʷṳsːɨ] - "that ocean fish over there", not */haɴ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/, or /dəɻɨ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [dəɻʊˈkʷṳsːɨ] "those ocean fish", not */dʷəɻɨ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/. | Since adnominal demonstratives are phonologically part of the following word, they are affected by the rule that prohibits more than one strong consonant in a single word. So /ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [ˈkʷṳsːɨ] - "ocean fish" becomes /ʔaɴ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [ʔaŋˈkʷṳsːɨ] - "that ocean fish over there", not */haɴ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/, or /dəɻɨ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/ [dəɻʊˈkʷṳsːɨ] "those ocean fish", not */dʷəɻɨ=ˈkʷɨ̤sːɨ/. | ||