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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
====Syllable Structure==== | |||
CLVC | |||
*All syllables must have a nucleus, but onsets and codas are not required. Syllables in the same word must have either a coda or an onset dividing them (i.e. two syllable nuclei must be separated by at least one consonant.) | *All syllables must have a nucleus, but onsets and codas are not required. Syllables in the same word must have either a coda or an onset dividing them (i.e. two syllable nuclei must be separated by at least one consonant.) | ||
*Word onsets may consist of a single consonant, or a stop consonant followed by a liquid. | *Word onsets may consist of a single consonant, or a stop consonant followed by a liquid. | ||
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====Vowel Reduction in Unstressed Syllables==== | ====Vowel Reduction in Unstressed Syllables==== | ||
* Unstressed vowels are reduced to a single mora: | * Unstressed vowels are reduced to a single mora: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
|align="right"| | |||
ia<br /> | |||
iu<br /> | |||
ī<br /> | |||
īa<br /> | |||
īu | |||
|| → i | |||
|align="right"| | |||
ai<br /> | |||
au<br /> | |||
ā<br /> | |||
āi<br /> | |||
āu | |||
|| → a | |||
|align="right"| | |||
ui<br /> | |||
ua<br /> | |||
ū<br /> | |||
ūi<br /> | |||
ūa | |||
|| → u | |||
|} | |||
*Vowels with secondary stress are reduced by one mora: | *Vowels with secondary stress are reduced by one mora: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
| ia<br />iu<br />ī | |||
|| → i | |||
| ai<br />au<br />ā | |||
|| → a | |||
| ui<br />ua<br />ū | |||
|| → u | |||
|- | |||
| īa<br />īu | |||
|| → ī | |||
| āi<br />āu | |||
|| → ā | |||
| ūi<br />ūa | |||
|| → ū | |||
|} | |||
**E.g. ā́dlāƛū̀ip → ādlaƛūp | **E.g. ā́dlāƛū̀ip → ādlaƛūp | ||