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The following consonants come in broad/slender pairs: | The following consonants come in broad/slender pairs: | ||
*'''b c d f g l m n p r s t''' /p~pʲ kʰ~kʲʰ t~tʲ f~fʲ k~kʲ l~lʲ m~mʲ n~nʲ pʰ~p r s tʰ/ | *'''b c d f g l m n p r s t''' /p~pʲ kʰ~kʲʰ t~tʲ f~fʲ k~kʲ l~lʲ m~mʲ n~nʲ pʰ~p r s tʰ/ | ||
*Geminates are phonemic: '''cc ll mm nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt''' /kː(ʲ) lː(ʲ) mː(ʲ) nː(ʲ) ŋː pː(ʲ) rː(ʲ) sː(ʲ) tː(ʲ)/ | |||
'''ŋ''' /ŋ~ɴ/ cannot be slender, and comes from PTal *ʀ *ʀʷ. Proto-Talmic *k *kʷ *q *qʷ all become Tigol '''c''', except ''*sq sqʷ'' which becomes '''sŋ'''. | '''ŋ''' /ŋ~ɴ/ cannot be slender, and comes from PTal *ʀ *ʀʷ. Proto-Talmic *k *kʷ *q *qʷ all become Tigol '''c''', except ''*sq sqʷ'' which becomes '''sŋ'''. | ||
*voicing mutation ( | *voicing mutation ("+V"): '''ḃ ch ḋ fh ġ ph ṡ th''' /b(ʲ) g(ʲ)ʱ d(ʲ) v(ʲ)ʱ g(ʲ) b(ʲ)ʱ ɦ~(null) d(ʲ)ʱ/ | ||
*prenasalization: '''mb ŋc nd ŋg mf mp ns nt''' /ᵐb(ʲ) ᵑk(ʲ)ʰ ⁿd(ʲ) ᵑg(ʲ) ᵐf(ʲ) ᵐp(ʲ)ʰ ⁿs(ʲ) ⁿt(ʲ)ʰ/ | *prenasalization ("+N"): '''mb ŋc nd ŋg mf mp ns nt''' /ᵐb(ʲ) ᵑk(ʲ)ʰ ⁿd(ʲ) ᵑg(ʲ) ᵐf(ʲ) ᵐp(ʲ)ʰ ⁿs(ʲ) ⁿt(ʲ)ʰ/ | ||
*Posttonic ''*nk nt mp ns'' become nongeminate '''c t p s''' /k(ʲ) t(ʲ) p(ʲ) s(ʲ)/ | *Posttonic ''*nk nt mp ns'' become nongeminate '''c t p s''' /k(ʲ) t(ʲ) p(ʲ) s(ʲ)/ | ||
* | *h-prothesis ("+H"): lenited final ''s'' before a null initial becomes '''h-''' /ɦ/ | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== |
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