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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Teivo phonotactics is often described using a term "mora" instead of a "syllable", which is a combination of a short vowel and a preceding consonant (if present). Long vowels, diphthongs and syllables with coda consonants are counted as two moras. With these units it is easier to set up morpheme boundaries and show conjugation patterns. | Teivo phonotactics is often described using a term "mora" instead of a "syllable", which is a combination of a short vowel and a preceding consonant (if present). Long vowels, diphthongs and syllables with coda consonants are counted as two moras. With these units it is easier to set up morpheme boundaries and show conjugation patterns. | ||
===Historical phonology=== | |||
Proto-Teivo (a hypothetical ancestor of two Eastern Moran languages) is reconstructed having 13 distinct phonemes (or 14 if /x/ had not elided by the the time of the split). Geminate consonants had already been present, while long vowels and diphthongs began developing in already separate North and South dialects of Proto-Teivo. | |||
A table below shows common regular sound changes, that happened in Eastern Moran. "Ø" indicates elision. | |||
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| Proto-Teivo || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /q/ || /x/ || /ɣ/ || /ɸ/ || /h/ || /m/ || /n/ || /t͡s/ || /β/ || /r/ || /l/ | |||
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| Teivo Hia || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /h/ || colspan=2 | /ɣ/~Ø, Ø || /ɸ/ || Ø || /m/ || /n/ || t || /β/ || colspan=2 | /l/ | |||
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| Teivo Qii || /p/ || /t/ || /k/ || /ʔ/~Ø || colspan=4 | Ø || /m/ || /n/ || /t͡s~t/ || /w~β/ || /r~ɾ~l/ | |||
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In South-East Moran /ɸ/ merged /h/ and disappeared with vowels before them became long, while /x/ merged either /ɣ/ or /h/ with consonant gemination, if a consonant followed. When more than three vowels occured in a row, syncopation took place: Proto-Moran *ajaksuʁa > Proto-Teivo *iaxoa > Teivo Qii ''iau'', Teivo Hia ''iaɣo'' "tide". Since the phonetic inventory shrinked, many homophones have been formed and to redo such changes, many words show an irregular development: ''kapu-'' "to cook" which came from ''*kaʁβu-'' and should have become ''kau'', which already exists and means "to breathe". | |||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
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