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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
There are two mutations (''căṛăwhăro'') that influence the initial consonant, or the initial absence of a consonant, of a Qualdomelic word in the same noun phrase when after certain other words: the softening mutation (''iă njențejbu niă găṛăwhăro'') and the hardening mutation (''iă nuzwhăbjoăbu niă găṛăwhăro''). | |||
The softening mutation has the following effects: | |||
* p t k q → f s ch γ | |||
* b d g → v z γ | |||
* s z → h | |||
* f → ∅ (orth. ''fh'') | |||
* v cw → w (orth. ''wh'') | |||
* h → ăh- | |||
* ț x → s z | |||
* (in internal saṃdhi only) C-V → CːV | |||
The hardening mutation has the following effects: | |||
* p t k → b d g | |||
* b d g → mm nn nng | |||
* s z → z ṛ (the latter orth. ''ṛz'') | |||
* f → pf | |||
* v → nwh /ŋw/ | |||
* h → q (orth. ''qh'') | |||
* j → nj | |||
* initial vowel → n- | |||
Words that trigger the softening mutation are marked by a following '''ʰ''' (e.g. the feminine singular definite article ''taʰ''), while those that trigger the hardening one are marked by a following ''ⁿ'' (e.g. the neuter singular definite article ''iăⁿ''). As "mutation" - ''căṛăwhăro'' is a neuter noun, in the names of both mutations we may clearly see how e.g. underlying ''iăⁿ uzwhăbjoăb-uⁿ iăⁿ căṛăwhăro'' becomes ''iă nuzwhăbjoăbu niă găṛăwhăro''. | |||
For the internal saṃdhi softening mutation Cʰ-V → CːV, a good example is the word ''năaqappartut'' "republic", composed of ''nă-aqapʰ-artut'' (literally "large decision organization"). | |||
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