50,484
edits
Knrawi: Difference between revisions
→Vowels
(→Vowels) |
|||
| Line 80: | Line 80: | ||
*[ɛ] and [ɔ] are unstressed allophones of /ɪ/ or /a/ and /ʊ/ or /a/ respectively | *[ɛ] and [ɔ] are unstressed allophones of /ɪ/ or /a/ and /ʊ/ or /a/ respectively | ||
*Epenthetic [ə] is placed between voiceless consonants and /h/ or /x̠/ | *Epenthetic [ə] is placed between | ||
**voiceless consonants and /h/ or /x̠/ | |||
***In standard Knrawi an exception is /hC/ and /x̠h/ clusters | |||
**aspirated consonants and non-nasal consonants | |||
**C₁CC₁, #CC₁, and C₁C# clusters with the C₁ being less sonorous than C (not including syllabic consonants) | |||
The conditions in which unstressed /a/ becomes [ɛ] or [ɔ] varies by region; in standard Knrawi [ɛ] is the realization adjacent to coronal and glottal consonants or when the previous vowel is [ɔ], and [ɔ] is the realization otherwise. | The conditions in which unstressed /a/ becomes [ɛ] or [ɔ] varies by region; in standard Knrawi [ɛ] is the realization adjacent to coronal and glottal consonants or when the previous vowel is [ɔ], and [ɔ] is the realization otherwise. | ||