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====Nasal Consonants==== | ====Nasal Consonants==== | ||
A schwa has a strong tendency to be lost if it occurs immediately after a nasal consonant, and immediately before | A schwa has a strong tendency to be lost if it occurs immediately after a nasal consonant, and immediately before an obstruent. In this case, the nasal changes it's place or articulation to be homorganic with the obstruent e.g. .... (here and below, the parts of the word that undergo assimilation have been marked in bold). | ||
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A similar process transforms the sequence /nəjə/ to [ɲːi], as in the name of the language, Seggeynni [ˈséɠːə̀i'''ɲːì'''], underlyingly /ˈséʕkə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀'''/. | A similar process transforms the sequence /nəjə/ to [ɲːi], as in the name of the language, Seggeynni [ˈséɠːə̀i'''ɲːì'''], underlyingly /ˈséʕkə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀'''/. | ||
====Debuccalisation of Stops==== | ====Debuccalisation of Stops==== | ||