High Kzholtag: Difference between revisions

Note that Kyol syllabification operates on a clause-wide basis. When two syllabic consonants are placed adjacent in a clause, the first one will fuse with the syllable onset.

Voiced plosives become syllabic only when surrounded by other plosives, voiceless consonants, or clause boundaries. They take an epenthetic [ə̆] beforehands when syllabic.

kdaag

[kə̆.daag]

Nasals become syllabic when surrounded by clause boundaries, plosives, voiceless consonants, or other nasals. Syllabic nasals are ellided if they are word-initial and followed by an identical nasal, or word-final and preceded by one.

Front continuants become syllabic when they are surrounded by other consonants or clause boundaries. They behave similarly to nasals.

Back continuants become syllabic when they are surrounded by other consonants or clause boundaries. When they are syllabic, /ʑ/ and /ɣᵓ/ mutate into [ʝ̞] and [ɣ̞ᵓ].

Sequences of back and front continuants can behave extremely irregularly because of syllabification. For instance:

“Zhğğzh (a type of fermented broth) is bubbling.”

“That zhhğğzh is bubbling.”

Note in the second example that [ˈʑɣ̞̍.ˈʎ̍.ʑi] is accurate and not [ˈʑɣ̞̍.ˈʎʝ̞̍.i] - syllabic consonants cannot occur next to syllabic resonants. This will only alter pronunciation within the word, its effects will not extend throughout the clause:

“The woman spins it.”