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: ''dro'' + ''ât'' (bad + place) → ''droât'' [dɾo.aːt] (hell, damnation) | : ''dro'' + ''ât'' (bad + place) → ''droât'' [dɾo.aːt] (hell, damnation) | ||
But: | But: | ||
: ''tî'' + ''ûn'' (tea + green) → ''tî'ûn'' (green tea) | : ''tî'' + ''ûn'' (tea + green) → ''tî'ûn'' [tiːʔuːn] (green tea) | ||
The reason for this process is partly phonaesthetic, but mostly to prevent morphemes from being ambiguated. The process is also marked orthographically with an apostrophe. Glottal stops do not occur anywhere else in the language, and nor do apostrophes, so the apostrophe is functionally the orthographic representation of a glottal stop. | The reason for this process is partly phonaesthetic, but mostly to prevent morphemes from being ambiguated. The process is also marked orthographically with an apostrophe. Glottal stops do not occur anywhere else in the language except due to prothetic sandhi (see below), and nor do apostrophes, so the apostrophe is functionally the orthographic representation of a glottal stop. | ||
====Prothetic sandhi==== | |||
Prothetic sandhi occurs when a word beginning with a vowel follows a word ending in a vowel, in which case a glottal stop is prepended to the second word. This is not marked orthographically. For example: | |||
: ''tei âl'' → [tɛɪ ʔaːl] "beautiful house" | |||
====Nasal assimilation==== | ====Nasal assimilation==== | ||