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2) Consonant gradation is the lenition of stops under particular circumstances. | 2) Consonant gradation is the lenition of stops under particular circumstances. | ||
3 | 3) The conditions under which consonant gradation is triggered are: | ||
a) When the stop is the onset of a word-final open syllable, when that stop follows a short vowel, nasal or /l/, and when that syllable becomes closed owing to suffixation. | a) When the stop is the onset of a word-final open syllable, when that stop follows a short vowel, nasal or /l/, and when that syllable becomes closed owing to suffixation. | ||
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b) When the stop is a word-final coda and becomes the onset of a closed syllable owing to suffixation. | b) When the stop is a word-final coda and becomes the onset of a closed syllable owing to suffixation. | ||
4) Once these conditions are met the affected stop lenites to its corresponding continuant. | |||
5) Morpheme-initial stops are not affected by consonant gradation. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||