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* dropped after -<i>', x, kh, c, g, q, h</i> | * dropped after -<i>', x, kh, c, g, q, h</i> | ||
* ''k → h'' after final ''-a, e, o'' (which then assimilate to the following vowel) | * ''k → h'' after final ''-a, e, o'' (which then assimilate to the following vowel) | ||
*''k → gh'' after ''-aa, ee, oo'' | |||
'''s (middle causative)''' | '''s (middle causative)''' | ||
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'''Vowels''' | '''Vowels''' | ||
*An ''a'', ''e'', or final ''-o'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. If the following vowel is ''o'', they can either become ''a'' or ''o''. e.g. ''ma | *An ''a'', ''e'', or final ''-o'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. If the following vowel is ''o'', they can either become ''a'' or ''o''. e.g. ''ma dhohó'' or ''ma dhahó'' "he does not say" | ||
*Unstressed vowels are often dropped before vowel-initial endings if it will not violate phonotactics. | *Unstressed vowels are often dropped before vowel-initial endings if it will not violate phonotactics. | ||
::e.g. ''gacán'' (stem: ''gac(a)m-'') + ''- | ::e.g. ''gacán'' (stem: ''gac(a)m-'') + ''-oóyn'' → ''gacmoóyn'' "hands" (not *''gacamoóyn'') | ||
:Sometimes metathesis is involved. | :Sometimes metathesis is involved. | ||
::e.g. ''culús'' "(he/she is) heavy" + ''- | ::e.g. ''culús'' "(he/she is) heavy" + ''-áan'' → ''cusláan'' "(they are) heavy" (not *''culsáan'') | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||