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===Consonant Gradation===
===Consonant Gradation===


1) If a syllable should be closed by suffixation and should it begin with a fortis plosive or a lenis plosive following a nasal, liquid or vowel then those plosives undergo lenition. This is usually referred to as consonant gradation.
1) Consonant gradation is word-internal lenition that effects the following:


2) The sequences of consonant gradation are as follows:
a) Fortis obstruents


a) pp > p > w
b) Lenis plosives following a sonorant coda or vowel
 
2) Consonant gradation is triggered by the closing of a syllable which begins with the above classes of obstruents.
 
3) The sequences of consonant gradation are as follows:
 
a) pp > p > v


b) tt > t > r
b) tt > t > r


c) kk > k > ɰ
c) ttK > tK > l
 
d) ttS > tS > j
 
e) kk > k > h
 
f) kk_w > k_w > w
 
g) mp > mb
 
h) nt > nd
 
i) ntK > ll
 
j) ntS > ndZ
 
k) ŋk > ŋg
 
l) Nk_w > Ng_w
 
m) rp > rv
 
n) rt > rd


d) mp > mb
o) rtK > ll


e) nt > nd
p) rtS > rj


f) ŋk > ŋg
q) rk > rh


g) rp > rw
r) rk_w > rw


h) rt > rd
s) lp > lv


i) rk >
t) lt > ld


j) lp > lw
u) ltS > L


k) lt > ld
v) lk > lh


l) lk >
w) lk_w > lw


3) Consonant gradation occurs after metathesis from sandhi.
3) Consonant gradation occurs after metathesis from sandhi but before sandhi proper.


===Sandhi===
===Sandhi===
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