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=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
The syllable structure in Katafalsen is | The syllable structure in Katafalsen is KV(K), where K denotes a consonant and V a vowel. The syllable onset is also allowed to be a glottal stop {{IPA|/ʔ/}} but only intervocalically in hiatus and word initially, i.e. after a break. This is not regarded as a phoneme and neither represented in the orthography. | ||
=== Metathesis and epenthesis === | |||
=== Sound changes from Old Katafalsen === | === Sound changes from Old Katafalsen === | ||
A lot of the complexity of Katafalsen arises out of the sound changes from Old to Modern Katafalsen. So it is reasonable to consider these before occupying oneself with morphological processes in Modern Katafalsen. In the following, we shall leave the exact pronunciations out of consideration. | A lot of the complexity of Katafalsen arises out of the sound changes from Old to Modern Katafalsen. So it is reasonable to consider these before occupying oneself with morphological processes in Modern Katafalsen. In the following, we shall leave the exact pronunciations out of consideration. | ||
Old Katafalsen had six vowel phonemes: {{IPA|/ɑ, i, u, ɑː, iː, uː/}}. The consonant inventory was very similar to Modern Katafalsen but had two additional phonemes {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʔ/}}. In contrast to Modern Katafalsen, the syllable structure was KV(K), | Old Katafalsen had six vowel phonemes: {{IPA|/ɑ, i, u, ɑː, iː, uː/}}. The consonant inventory was very similar to Modern Katafalsen but had two additional phonemes {{IPA|/ħ/}} and {{IPA|/ʔ/}}. In contrast to Modern Katafalsen, the syllable structure was KV(K), i.e. onsets were mandatory. Due to previous loss of word final vowels, words always had to end with a consonant, the only exception being word final {{IPA|/ɑ/}}. | ||
The sound changes took place in different phases: | The sound changes took place in different phases: | ||
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=== Vowel mutation === | === Vowel mutation === | ||
=== Stress and intonation === | === Stress and intonation === | ||