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====Mutations==== | ====Mutations==== | ||
Vadi mutations fall into four major classes, and a fifth minor class: | |||
#Fortition | |||
#Palatization | |||
#Spirantization | |||
#Debuccalization | |||
#Labialization | |||
Fortition is realized when fricatives turn into stops, stops become geminated and/or voiced if unvoiced. For example, the combination of the past tense marker plus the genitive triggers voiced fortition and syncope with ''kilay'' "heart, interior" in the phrase ''Junnyêna glai haglev man ukanyen'' "I will enter your house and ruin you", i.e. ''junnyêna glái << jula-<u>nai</u>-<u>na</u> kilay''. If the future marker ''-nai-'' did not appear, fortition would not be triggered. Instead, the result will be ''Julana <u>ki</u>lai haglev man ukanyen'' "I am entering your house to ruin you." | |||
====Syncope==== | ====Syncope==== | ||