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:For more info cf. [[#Aspect|aspect]]. | :For more info cf. [[#Aspect|aspect]]. | ||
Nominals and verbals in Rówok show very simple vowel harmony with predictable ablaut. | Nominals and verbals in Rówok show very simple vowel harmony with predictable ablaut. As explained above, in short all nominals and verbals have exclusively one possible vowel of [a], [e], [o], or [u], plus perhaps [i]. | ||
As explained in the section on [[#Aspect|aspect]], words that have primary vowel structure based on /a/ show ablaut phenomena to /e/, while words based on /o/ ablaut to /u/. | As explained in the section on [[#Aspect|aspect]], words that have primary vowel structure based on /a/ show ablaut phenomena to /e/, while words based on /o/ ablaut to /u/. | ||
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*'''rokónok''' ("to speak", nominative, singular, passive, ''imperfect'' [[#Participles|particple]]) => '''rukúnuk''' (nom, sing, pass, ''perfect'' participle) | *'''rokónok''' ("to speak", nominative, singular, passive, ''imperfect'' [[#Participles|particple]]) => '''rukúnuk''' (nom, sing, pass, ''perfect'' participle) | ||
*'''yáŧkay''' (nom, sing, middle, ''future'' participle) => '''yéŧkey''' (nom, sing, middle, ''future perfect'' participle) | *'''yáŧkay''' (nom, sing, middle, ''future'' participle) => '''yéŧkey''' (nom, sing, middle, ''future perfect'' participle) | ||
====Consonant harmony==== | |||
There is also significant consonant harmony in Rówok, in which consonants on the borders of roots and morphemes for [[Derivational morphology|derivational morphology]] often affect one another in terms of voicing or (af)fricativization. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||