Cân Gert: Difference between revisions

214 bytes added ,  22 February 2021
Line 132: Line 132:


====A-dissimilation====
====A-dissimilation====
A short vowel will dissimilate from an adjacent /a/ or /aː/ in another syllable:
A short vowel will dissimilate from an adjacent /a/ or /aː/:


* /ɛ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /e/
* /ɛ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /e/
* /ɔ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /o/
* /ɔ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /o/
====Iotic epenthesis====
Iotic epenthesis is the addition of a /j/ wherever two /eː/s, two /ɛ/s, or an /eː/ and an /ɛ/ are adjacent to one another. This is not orthographically marked.


====Internal excrescence====
====Internal excrescence====
Line 141: Line 144:
# The final vowel of the first morpheme is an ɪ or ʊ and is not occurring as part of a diphthong
# The final vowel of the first morpheme is an ɪ or ʊ and is not occurring as part of a diphthong
# All the adjacent vowels would form a licit diphthong
# All the adjacent vowels would form a licit diphthong
# The immediately adjacent vowels (or semivowels) are identical
# The immediately adjacent vowels (or semivowels) are identical (except where the vowels are /eː/ or /ɛ/)
# The first vowel is long
# The first vowel is long