Avalonian: Difference between revisions

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1) The syllable template is (C)V(C).
1) The syllable template is (C)V(C).


2) Only stops, nasals and /l/ are permitted in syllable coda position.
2) Only stops and nasals are permitted in syllable coda position.


3) Only voiceless stops and nasals are permitted in morpheme-final position.
3) Only voiceless stops and nasals are permitted in morpheme-final position.
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| - || - || -||-||-|| -||-|| -||-|| mn|| -|| ln ||N
| - || - || -||-||-|| -||-|| -||-|| mn|| -|| ln ||N
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|-
| - || -||xl ||kl|| ql|| bl|| -||-|| jl||ml||nl || -||L
| - || -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -||-|| -||ml||nl || -||L
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| - || - ||-|| -||- || by || -||- || - || my||ny ||  ly|| Y
| - || - ||-|| -||- || by || -||- || - || my||ny ||  ly|| Y
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c) A dash indicates that that consonant cluster does not occur.
c) A dash indicates that that consonant cluster does not occur.


7) /j/ may not follow a long back vowel.


7) /kʷ, w/ may not precede a back vowel.
8) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.


8) /j/ may not follow a long back vowel.
9) Vowel clusters do not occur.


9) /w/ may not follow a long back vowel.
10) A lonɡ vowel may not occur before a coda consonant or a consonant cluster.


10) Vowel clusters do not occur.
11) Roots and prefixes must consist of properly formed syllables.


11) A lonɡ vowel may not occur before a coda consonant or a consonant cluster.
12) Suffixes may begin with a consonant cluster.


12) Roots and prefixes must consist of properly formed syllables.
13) Suffixes may consist of a single coda consonant.


13) Suffixes may begin with a consonant cluster.
14) Roots must consist of more than one and no more than three syllables.


14) Suffixes may consist of a single coda consonant.
15) No affix may have more than two syllables.
 
15) Roots must consist of more than one and no more than three syllables.
 
16) No affix may have more than two syllables.


===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===