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Stress is always initial, except some derivational prefixes. | Stress is always initial, except some derivational prefixes. | ||
===Gradation=== | ===Gradation=== | ||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
Clusters are similar to Shalaian clusters, but some assimilate into geminates | Clusters are similar to Shalaian clusters, but some assimilate into geminates | ||
Shalian clusters are similar to Arabic but slightly more restrictive in the direction of Proto-Germanic and Latin. | |||
Clusters in Shalian must obey a sonority hierarchy depending on their position; voicing assimilation is used to resolve clusters that violate it. <!--Obstruent-obstruent clusters are subject to regressive voicing assimilation except that /sb sd ʃb ʃd/ > [zb zd ʒb ʒd].--> Few initial clusters (only /Cj/, /Cw/ and /sC/) are allowed, and many non-English clusters are found within words such as /tm/ in ''għádmer'' [ˈʕædmə] 'happiness'. However, the most common clusters are ones found in English such as Cr and Cl clusters. Geminates and /rC/ clusters are not allowed within stems, which will be assumed below. | |||
Within stems, the following 2-consonant clusters are allowed, ignoring glottal reinforcement and assuming no syncope. Clusters requiring glottal reinforcement are marked with an asterisk. | |||
*mC: mn ml mr my mgħ md mdł mj mg mth ms msh mł mkh mħ mh | |||
*nC: nm nr ny ngħ nw nd ndł nj ng ngw nf nth ns nł nsh nkh nwh nħ nh | |||
*lC: lm ln ly lgħ lv lw ld lj l'k* l'kw* lf lth ls lsh lkh lwh lħ lh | |||
*għC: għm għn għl għr għy (never initial) għw għv għd għdł għj għk għkw għf għth għs għł għsh għkh għwh | |||
*Cm: nm lm għm dm dłm jm 'km* 'kwm* thm sm łm shm khm ħm hm | |||
*Cn: mn ln għn vn bn dn dłn jn 'kn* 'kwn* fn thn sn łn shn khn whn ħn hn | |||
*Cl: ml għl vl bl dl 'kl* 'kwl* fl thl sl shl khl whl ħl hl | |||
*Cr: mr nr għr vr br dr dłr jr 'kr* 'kwr* thr sr łr shr khr whr ħr hr | |||
*Cy: my ny għy (never initial) vy by dy dły 'ky* fy thy sy ły khy ħy hy | |||
*Cw: nw għw dw jw thw sw łw shw ħw | |||
*Cgħ: mgħ ngħ lgħ vgħ bgħ dgħ jgħ 'kgħ* 'kwgħ* fgħ thgħ sgħ shgħ khgħ whgħ | |||
*XX: dv jv tf tk tkw tħ cht chk chf chs kt kch kf ks ksh kħ kwt kwch kws kwsh ft fch fk fs fsh fħ thk thf thħ sv st sk skw sf sħ łv łt łk łkw łf łħ sht shk shkw shf shħ khf kht khs khsh wht whch whth whs whsh ħt ħch ħf ħs | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||