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====Devoicing of Word-Internal Obstruent Clusters==== | ====Devoicing of Word-Internal Obstruent Clusters==== | ||
Word-internal obstruent clusters (specifically '''z''' followed by a voiced stop consonant) are devoiced. | Word-internal obstruent clusters (specifically '''z''' followed by a voiced stop consonant) are devoiced. | ||
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|valign="top"| '''z''' | |||
|style="border-left:solid black 1px; border-top: solid black 1px; border-bottom:solid black 1px;"| | |||
|valign="top"| '''C'''<br />[+vox]<br />[-cnt] | |||
|style="border-right:solid black 1px; border-top: solid black 1px; border-bottom:solid black 1px;"| | |||
|valign="top"| → | |||
|valign="top"| [-vox] | |||
|valign="top"| / | |||
|valign="top"| V___V | |||
|} | |||
''“A cluster consisting of '''z''' followed by a voiced stop becomes unvoiced when intervocalic.”'' | |||
In more direct terms: | |||
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| || '''zb'''|| →|| '''sp''' | |||
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| || '''zd'''|| →|| '''st''' | |||
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| || '''zg'''|| →|| '''sk''' | |||
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E.g. ''razda'' ‘language’ → ''rasta'', ''azgō'' ‘ashes’ → ''askō'' …''aska''. | |||
===Change of /fl/ to /θl/=== | ===Change of /fl/ to /θl/=== | ||