Kola: Difference between revisions
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*ï > w / C_V sometimes in grammatical morphemes - will be indicated with (ï/w) | *ï > w / C_V sometimes in grammatical morphemes - will be indicated with (ï/w) | ||
*u > w / C_V (not always) | *u > w / C_V (not always) | ||
*ä/a + | *ä/a + a, e, i, o, u > a, e, e, o, o | ||
*ä/a + ä > a OR e OR o (depending on origin of ä, indicated in stems as ''ă'', ''ĕ'', and ''ŏ'') | |||
*ä/a + ï > e OR o (depending on origin of ï - indicated in stems as ''ĭ'' and ''ŭ'' respectively) | *ä/a + ï > e OR o (depending on origin of ï - indicated in stems as ''ĭ'' and ''ŭ'' respectively) | ||
*ï + ï > i OR u (ditto) | *ï + ï > i OR u (ditto) | ||
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*back/central vowel > Ø / o_ (usually) | *back/central vowel > Ø / o_ (usually) | ||
*When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | *When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | ||
*When sandhi results in a "short" vowel (''ä, ï'') being replaced with a "long" vowel (''u, i, a, e, o''), a following geminate consonant is degeminated. | |||
*(Not exactly sandhi) When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". | *(Not exactly sandhi) When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". | ||