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====Voice assimilation==== | ====Voice assimilation==== | ||
When a prefix beginning in an obstruent attaches to a word ending in an obstruent, the initial consonant of the prefix assimilates to the final consonant of the root in voicing. If their places of articulation are close enough, there may be complete assimilation. Similarly, a final obstruent in a prefix assimilates to a following obstruent. A similar process takes place with the first component of compound words, but this is not indicated in writing. | When a prefix beginning in an obstruent attaches to a word ending in an obstruent, the initial consonant of the prefix assimilates to the final consonant of the root in voicing. If their places of articulation are close enough, there may be complete assimilation. Similarly, a final obstruent in a prefix assimilates to a following obstruent. A similar process takes place with the first component of compound words, but this is not indicated in writing. | ||
====Palatal assimilation==== | |||
This occurs in similar environments as voice assimilation, but it occurs when a prefix beginning in ''n'' or ''ł'' follows a word ending in a palatal consonant. In this circumstance: | |||
*''n ň'' | |||
*''ł l'' | |||
====Hiatus resolution==== | ====Hiatus resolution==== | ||
When vowels meet at morpheme boundaries, the following changes take place: | When vowels meet at morpheme boundaries, the following changes take place: | ||