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*'''Ablative''': where from; means or topic; cause, reason or value | *'''Ablative''': where from; means or topic; cause, reason or value | ||
Some nouns undergo vowel changes when taking the case suffixes. | Some nouns undergo irregularities such as vowel changes when taking the case suffixes. Their origin is explained in [[#Old Katäfalsen|Old Katäfalsen]]. | ||
''peres + e'' → ''parese'' | ''peres + e'' → ''parese'' | ||
''kat + e'' → ''kataj'' | |||
==== Postpositions ==== | ==== Postpositions ==== | ||
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!Ē-grade | !Ē-grade | ||
!Ō-grade | !Ō-grade | ||
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|{{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/o/}} | |{{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/o/}} | ||
|{{IPA|/eː/}} | |{{IPA|/eː/}} | ||
|{{IPA|/oː/}} | |{{IPA|/oː/}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
|ˈp'''e'''risə | |ˈp'''e'''risə | ||
|ˈp'''ē'''risə | |ˈp'''ē'''risə | ||
|ˈp'''ō'''risə | |ˈp'''ō'''risə | ||
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A | A noun could have at most one syllable with ablaut. This lexical ablaut is no longer productive in Katäfalsen but was in Old Katafalsen. | ||
The sound changes from Old Katäfalsen to Katäfalsen happened in two stages. During the first stage, the morphology and some phonological features of modern Katäfalsen like metathesis and epenthesis were not developed yet. | |||
After the development, a second row of sound changes occured, which led to the situation described in [[#Phonology|Phonology]]. | |||
*Loss of non-syllabic vowels | *Loss of non-syllabic vowels | ||
**As syllable onsets: a̯ → ħ, i̯ → j, u̯ → w | **As syllable onsets: a̯ → ħ, i̯ → j, u̯ → w | ||