Avalonian: Difference between revisions
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2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants. | 2) Stops, nasals and /l/ are the permitted syllable coda consonants. | ||
3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments. | 3) Consonant clusters may not have more than two segments. | ||
4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word. | 4) Consonant clusters only occur at syllable boundaries within the word. | ||
5) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant | 5) Geminate consonants clusters may not precede a coda consonant. | ||
6) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid. | 6) Single stops may not precede a coda consonant if they follow a nasal or liquid. | ||
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c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted. | c) √ in a cell means the indicated consonant cluster is permitted. | ||
8 | 8) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/. | ||
9) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/. | |||
10) Vowel clusters do not occur. | |||
11) Canonical morpheme syllable templates: | |||
a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)- | a) Roots: -(C)(C)V(C)- or -(C)V(C)CV(C)- | ||
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d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C) | d) Particles: (C)V(C) or (C)V(C)CV(C) | ||
13) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'. | |||
14) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel. | |||
15) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables. | |||
===Morphophonemics=== | ===Morphophonemics=== | ||