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The syllable structure in Katafalsen is (K)V(K), where K denotes a consonant and V a vowel. | The syllable structure in Katafalsen is (K)V(K), where K denotes a consonant and V a vowel. | ||
=== Sound changes from Old Katafalsen === | === Sound changes from Old Katafalsen === | ||
A lot of the complexity of Katafalsen arises out of the sound changes from Old to Modern Katafalsen. So it is reasonable to consider these before occupying oneself with morphological processes in Modern Katafalsen. In the following, we shall leave the exact pronunciations out of consideration. | A lot of the complexity of Katafalsen arises out of the sound changes from Old to Modern Katafalsen. So it is reasonable to consider these before occupying oneself with morphological processes in Modern Katafalsen. In the following, we shall leave the exact pronunciations out of consideration. | ||
Old Katafalsen had six vowel phonemes: {{IPA|/a, i, u, aː, iː, uː/}}. | |||
The consonant inventory was very similar to Modern Katafalsen but had two additional phonemes {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʔ/}}. | Old Katafalsen had six vowel phonemes: {{IPA|/a, i, u, aː, iː, uː/}}. The consonant inventory was very similar to Modern Katafalsen but had two additional phonemes {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʔ/}}. In contrast to Modern Katafalsen, the syllable structure was KV(K), that is onsets were mandatory. Due to previous loss of word final vowels, words always had to end with a consonant, the only exception being word final {{IPA|/a/}}. | ||
In contrast to Modern Katafalsen, the syllable structure was KV(K), that is onsets were mandatory. Due to previous loss of word final vowels, words always | |||
The sound changes took place in different phases: | |||
'''Phase 1''': Loss of geminated consonants | |||
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|CC > ħC | |||
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=== Vowel mutation === | === Vowel mutation === | ||