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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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=== | ===Ablaut alternations=== | ||
Chlouvānem morphology uses a system of ablaut alternations in its vowels, most notably for some verbs, for the ablauting declension of nouns (5h), and for many derivations. Every normal ablaut pattern has a base grade (the one given in citation forms), a middle grade, and a strong grade.<br/> | |||
The patterns of regular ablaut are the following: | |||
* ''i-ablaut'': base '''i''' or '''ī''' — middle '''e''' — strong '''ai''' | |||
* ''u-ablaut'': '''u'''/'''ū''' — '''o''' — '''au''' | |||
** ''u>i-ablaut'': '''u'''/'''ū''' — '''i''' — '''au''' | |||
* ''ṛ-ablaut'': '''ṛ''' — '''ar''' — '''ār''' | |||
A few roots have the so-called ''inverse ablaut'', where the vowels get simplified in the middle grade, and there is no strong grade: | |||
* ''i-type inverse ablaut'': base '''ya''' (or '''ьa''') — middle '''i''' | |||
** ''ei-type inverse ablaut'': base '''ei''' — middle '''i''' | |||
* ''u-type inverse ablaut'': base '''va''' — middle '''u''' | |||
==Writing system - Jīmalāṇa== | ==Writing system - Jīmalāṇa== | ||