User:Chrysophylax/yow tha

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Phonology

the vowels

i
             o
      a

the consonants

     t tʰ k kʰ
          s sʰ h
                  ʔ ʕ
            y w
m n

syllable

The syllable is bound:

  • C(g)V(g)(C)

where g = glide, and C = any consonant

phonological word

Additional binds:

can only end on a nasal, glide, vowel, fricative.

e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]


morphophonemic

m- prefix ~n before t tʰ

sandhi

dissimilatory processes

  • Liquid exchange:
A /w/ after /o/ will change to /j/, whilst /j/ after /i/ becomes /w/.
  • Liquid dissimilation
final /w/ becomes /kʰ/ when followed by another word containing /w/ in the onset. E.g. /ʔjow ʕwan/ → [ʔjokʰ‿ʕwan]

prasadī

da sentinz

  • da indicative sentinz is intoned σ31
  • da interrogative intones σ13(4)

morphology

word classes

verbs

do not inflect for subject

prefix verb extension

s-prefix
h-prefix
m-prefix

determiners

prox. dist.
ʾakh ʾikh

nomina

-t-

augments da nomen

-n-

intensifies da meaning

-sʰ-

dat be a tool

reduplication

reduplication as copulative

creates copulative form, e.g. yow 'shade' → yoyow '(Y) is shade'

syntax

noun phrasis

compounding

  • head-final

e.g. ʾyow tha 'speech of the shaded valley' (short for ʾyow ħwan tha lit. 'shade dale word')