Avalonian: Difference between revisions
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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) /u, oʊ/ may not follow /w/. | ||
9) / | 9) /i, eɪ/ may not follow /j/. | ||
10) | 10) /oʊ, aʊ/ may not precede /w/. | ||
11) | 11) /eɪ, aɪ/ may not precede /j/. | ||
12) Canonical morpheme syllable templates: | 12) Long vowels may not occur in closed syllables. | ||
13) Vowel clusters do not occur. | |||
14) 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) | ||
15) Monosyllabic roots are rare and mainly comprise pronouns and certain verbs such as the copula 'kwe' or the negative verb 'wa'. | |||
16) Monosyllabic suffixes may have a word-final allomorph consisting of a single coda consonant which is employed after a short vowel. | |||
17) Roots originating through foreign borrowings may exceed two syllables. | |||
===Morphophonemics=== | ===Morphophonemics=== | ||