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===Secondary Roots=== | ===Secondary Roots=== | ||
Secondary roots are derived from primary ones by one of | Secondary roots are derived from primary ones by one of two clearly defined and mostly predictable phonological processes: | ||
* '''Vowel Lengthening''' doubles the vowel of the primary root, e.g. ''ret-'' > ''reet-'', ''tiyk-'' > ''tiiyk''. | * '''Vowel Lengthening''' doubles the vowel of the primary root, e.g. ''ret-'' > ''reet-'', ''tiyk-'' > ''tiiyk''. | ||
* ''' | * '''Reduplication''' involves the addition of the first consonant plus the main vowel of the root to the beginning of a word and the deletion of the main vowel from the root itself, e.g. ''ret- > rert''. Note that rules of phonotactics laid out below are also applied, so e.g. ''ker- > kegr-'' not ''*kekr-''. There are a number of complications to reduplication: | ||
* ''' | ** Where the root is followed directly by a vowel: | ||
*** Roots of the structure C<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>2</sub> become C<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>1</sub>C<sub>2</sub>, e.g. ''min- > mimn-''. | |||
*** Roots containing an internal glide lose the main vowel and convert the glide into a vowel (''y > i'' or ''w > u'', e.g. ''sluyn- > suslin-. | |||
*** Roots containing an internal liquid lose their main vowel and then insert the reduced vowel ''ə'' before the liquid, e.g. ''mlak- > maməlk-''. | |||
** Where the root is followed by a consonant: | |||
*** Roots ending with a glide lose their main vowel and convert the glide to a vowel, e.g. ''biw-n- > bibu-n-'' | |||
*** Roots ending in a liquid lose their main vowel and replace it with ''ə'', e.g. ''ker-n > kekər-n-'' | |||
*** All other roots retain their main vowel, e.g. ''mlak-n- > mamlagn-'', ''ret- > reredn-'' | |||
===Affixes=== | ===Affixes=== | ||