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Dialects of Rokadong: Difference between revisions
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Typically, Modern Rokadong is defined as Rokadong from when the glottal stop /ʔ/ was reanalyzed as /∅/ and treated accordingly, changing to a glide. This is reflected in the standard romanizations for words with historic /ʔ/ in the onset, as the standard Rokadong romanization is based on Pahang Rokadong. However, this sound change did not apply equally to all Rokadong dialects, particularly in non-learned content words. | Typically, Modern Rokadong is defined as Rokadong from when the glottal stop /ʔ/ was reanalyzed as /∅/ and treated accordingly, changing to a glide. This is reflected in the standard romanizations for words with historic /ʔ/ in the onset, as the standard Rokadong romanization is based on Pahang Rokadong. However, this sound change did not apply equally to all Rokadong dialects, particularly in non-learned content words. | ||
In most dialects, the sound changes of intervocalic /ʔ/ becoming /j/ after front vowels and /w/ after back vowels apply to function words (particles and the like). However, in some very uncommon dialects, the glottal stop is kept. | In most dialects, the sound changes of intervocalic /ʔ/ becoming /j/ after front vowels and /w/ after back vowels apply to function words (particles and the like). However, in some very uncommon dialects, the glottal stop is kept even in these words. For dialects without a "-" in the above table, this sound change does not occur for some subset of the Rokadong lexicon. | ||
Lerabteláh Rokadong is the only dialect given a partial check for glottal stop maintenance. This is because while it otherwise matches Kihiteláh Rokadong for this sound change, /ʔ/ has an alternate reaction when disyllabic reduction is applied. In this case, a */ʔː/ generated will become /kː/ instead. | Lerabteláh Rokadong is the only dialect given a partial check for glottal stop maintenance. This is because while it otherwise matches Kihiteláh Rokadong for this sound change, /ʔ/ has an alternate reaction when disyllabic reduction is applied. In this case, a */ʔː/ generated will become /kː/ instead. | ||