7,080
edits
Celabrian: Difference between revisions
→Vowel harmony
| Line 259: | Line 259: | ||
*''<u>u</u>'': rounded allomorphs of complex harmonizing vowel (u/y) | *''<u>u</u>'': rounded allomorphs of complex harmonizing vowel (u/y) | ||
Most prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the nearest vowel in the word they are attached to. Vowels within a word do not necessarily have to agree in frontness/backness. | Most prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the nearest vowel in the word they are attached to. Vowels within a word do not necessarily have to agree in frontness/backness. | ||
====Palatalization==== | |||
Velar consonants in harmonizing affixes are often palatalized when the harmonizing vowel is fronted. There are some exceptions, such as ''-q'' in the ergative suffix ''-<u>ə</u>q/q''. | |||
====Assimilation==== | ====Assimilation==== | ||