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====Vowel allophony==== | ====Vowel allophony==== | ||
Short, [[w:roundedness|unrounded]] vowels in the Kiwi language get [[w:labialisation|labialised]], or rounded, when they follow a labial consonant. | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = ki{{blue|wi}}' | |||
|IPA = /kɪˈwɪʔ/ → [cɪˈwʏʔ] | |||
|morphemes = kiwi' | |||
|gloss = common_language.c5.sg | |||
|translation = common language | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = {{blue|ba}}hasa | |||
|IPA = /pɑhɑˈsɑ/ → [pɒhɑˈsɑ] | |||
|morphemes = bahasa | |||
|gloss = foreign_language.c5.sg | |||
|translation = foreign language | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = yā{{blue|ma}}' | |||
|IPA = /jaːˈmɑʔ/ → [jaːˈmɒʔ] | |||
|morphemes = yāma' | |||
|gloss = canoe.c4.sg | |||
|translation = canoe | |||
}} | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Kiwi phonotactics follow the same pattern as most Polynesian languages. Kiwi [[w:syllable|syllable]]s may contain one consonant in the [[w:syllable onset|onset]], or there is no onset. Syllables with no onset contrast with syllables beginning with the glottal stop: /ɑˈlaː/ ('hi') contrasts with /ʔɑˈlaː/ ('to be whole'). [[w:Syllable coda|Coda]]s and [[w:consonant cluster|consonant cluster]]s are normally prohibited in the phonotactics Austronesian languages, but Kiwi allows a final glottal stop as a syllable coda. It is elided if the following syllable has an onset. | Kiwi phonotactics follow the same pattern as most Polynesian languages. Kiwi [[w:syllable|syllable]]s may contain one consonant in the [[w:syllable onset|onset]], or there is no onset. Syllables with no onset contrast with syllables beginning with the glottal stop: /ɑˈlaː/ ('hi') contrasts with /ʔɑˈlaː/ ('to be whole'). [[w:Syllable coda|Coda]]s and [[w:consonant cluster|consonant cluster]]s are normally prohibited in the phonotactics Austronesian languages, but Kiwi allows a final glottal stop as a syllable coda. It is elided if the following syllable has an onset. | ||