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====Internal excrescence==== | ====Internal excrescence==== | ||
Internal excrescence refers to a process in Cân Gert where a glottal stop is inserted at a word-internal morpheme boundary with two vowels (or semivowels) where one of the following applies: | Internal excrescence refers to a process in Cân Gert where a glottal stop is inserted at a word-internal morpheme boundary with two vowels (or semivowels) where one of the following applies: | ||
# 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, unless the first morpheme is the verbal clitic ''ni'' | ||
# 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 (except where the vowels are /eː/ or /ɛ/) | # The immediately adjacent vowels (or semivowels) are identical (except where the vowels are /eː/ or /ɛ/) | ||