375
edits
Line 118: | Line 118: | ||
==== Obstruent Lenition ==== | ==== Obstruent Lenition ==== | ||
Obstruents are the most unstable aspect of Pangali's phonological inventory, with a total of nine different allophonic realizations based on stress alone. | Obstruents are the most unstable aspect of Pangali's phonological inventory, with a total of nine different allophonic realizations based on stress alone. | ||
=== Sonorization === | ===== Sonorization ===== | ||
Nonprenasalized obstruents sonorize to their voiced counterparts in unstressed syllables when directly adjacent to a stressed syllable: | Nonprenasalized obstruents sonorize to their voiced counterparts in unstressed syllables when directly adjacent to a stressed syllable: | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; border: none; text-align:center" | {| class="wikitable" style="float:center; border: none; text-align:center" | ||
Line 141: | Line 141: | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Opening === | === Opening === | ||
If not directly adjacent to a stressed syllable, stops spirantize and the original fricatives debuccalize: | If not directly adjacent to a stressed syllable, stops spirantize and the original fricatives debuccalize: |
edits