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|ˈp'''ē'''risə | |ˈp'''ē'''risə | ||
|ˈp'''ō'''risə | |ˈp'''ō'''risə | ||
|p'''ə''' | |p'''ə'''riˈsi̯ə | ||
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A word could have at most one syllable with ablaut. This ablaut is no longer productive in Katäfalsen but was in Old Katafalsen. | A word could have at most one syllable with ablaut. This ablaut is no longer productive in Katäfalsen but was in Old Katafalsen. | ||
Such syllables are sensitive to stress, meaning that e/o, ē and ō in stressed syllables corresponded to ə, e and o in unstressed syllables. | Such syllables are sensitive to stress, meaning that e/o, ē and ō in stressed syllables corresponded to ə, e and o in unstressed syllables. | ||
The most common reason for stress shifts is the suffixation of one of the case suffixes ''-a'', ''-i'' and ''-u'', which attract stress. | |||
This explains irregular forms such as ''peres + e'' → ''parese'' from ''ˈperisə + i'' → ''pəriˈsi''. | |||
The sound changes from Old Katäfalsen to Katäfalsen were: | |||
*Loss of non-syllabic vowels | |||
**As syllable onsets: a̯ → ħ, i̯ → j, u̯ → w | |||
**After a consonant before ə: Ca̯ə → Ca, Ci̯ə → Ci, Cu̯ə → Cu | |||
**After a consonant else: Ca̯V → CəħV, Ci̯V → CəjV, Cu̯V → CəwV | |||
*Partially loss of word-final vowels | |||
**In unstressed final syllables: V → ∅ | |||
**In stressed final syllables: V → a | |||
**Exception: | |||