7,081
edits
Kola: Difference between revisions
→Phonotactics
| Line 389: | Line 389: | ||
<!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | <!-- Explain the consonant clusters and vowel clusters that are permissible for use in the language. For example, "st" is an allowed consonant cluster in English while onset "ng" isn't. --> | ||
The maximum allowed syllable structure is CVCC word-finally and CVC otherwise. Consonant clusters with more than two consonants are broken up by inserting the epenthetic vowel /ɨ/. /ɨ/ is also added (in speech only) after a word-final consonant cluster when the following word begins in a vowel. | The maximum allowed syllable structure is CVCC word-finally and CVC otherwise. Consonant clusters with more than two consonants are broken up by inserting the epenthetic vowel /ɨ/. /ɨ/ is also added (in speech only) after a word-final consonant cluster when the following word begins in a vowel. | ||
Not all clusters are allowed word-finally. The following are allowed: | |||
*Any geminate consonant (except uvular, pharyngeal, and glottal consonants, which cannot geminate in any position) | |||
*Sonorant + obsruent - e.g. /nt, mpʼ, ld/ | |||
*Guttural (non-labialized) or labial obstruent + alveolar obstruent or /ʃ/ - e.g. /ft, kʼd, ħʃ, ʔs/ | |||
*Fricative + stop - e.g. /st, ftʼ, ʃkʼ/ | |||
Any other word-final cluster is broken with /ɨ/. In loanwords, a word-final /i/ may be added instead. | |||
Vowels cannot occur in hiatus. When this would happen, they are separated with epenthetic consonants such as /j/, /w/, or /ʔ/. | Vowels cannot occur in hiatus. When this would happen, they are separated with epenthetic consonants such as /j/, /w/, or /ʔ/. | ||