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**After a consonant in a stressed syllable: Ca̯V → CVˈħV, Ci̯V → CVˈjV, Cu̯V → CVˈwV | **After a consonant in a stressed syllable: Ca̯V → CVˈħV, Ci̯V → CVˈjV, Cu̯V → CVˈwV | ||
*Vowel changes | *Vowel changes | ||
**In unstressed | **In unstressed syllables: ə → a, i → e, u → o, a → a, e → a, o → a, ē → e, ō → o | ||
**In | **In stressed syllables: ə → a, i → i, u → u, a → ä, e → e, o → o, ē → i, ō → u | ||
**Exception: Word-final a → a (from vowel reduction) | **Exception: Word-final a → a (from vowel reduction) | ||
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Now the irregularities mentioned in [[#Declension|Declension]] can be fully explained. | Now the irregularities mentioned in [[#Declension|Declension]] can be fully explained. | ||
Old Katäfalsen marked the four cases absolutive, locative, dative and ablative by the infixes -∅-, -i̯-, -a̯- and -u̯- in the last syllable of a word. In the following table the evolution of characteristic examples is given: | Old Katäfalsen marked the four cases absolutive, locative, dative and ablative by the infixes -∅-, -i̯-, -a̯- and -u̯- in the last syllable of a word. The infixes attract stress and thereby cause vowel changes. In the following table the evolution of characteristic examples is given: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!rowspan="2"Old Katäfalsen | !rowspan="2"|Old Katäfalsen | ||
!colspan="2"|ˈperisa 'man' | |||
!colspan="2"|kaˈta 'water' | |||
!colspan="2"|ˈtia 'animal' | |||
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!Absolutive | |||
!Locative | |||
!Absolutive | |||
!Locative | |||
!Absolutive | |||
!Locative | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Sound changes | !Sound changes | ||
|ˈperisa<br>→ ˈperis<br>→ | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Modern Katäfalsen | !Modern Katäfalsen | ||