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===Stress | ===Stress=== | ||
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. | |||
If a word begins with a phonemic consonant cluster, it falls on the first (which may also be the penultimate). | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Template: (C)(C)(V)(C)(C) | |||
Permitted complex onsets? | |||
Permitted complex codas? | |||
Sonority hierarchy? | |||
===Phonological processes and allophones=== | ===Phonological processes and allophones=== | ||
Onsets often contain "harmonic clusters" containing two similar consonants stops, e.g. aspirated, ejective or voiced. In reality these are often pronounced with an intervening schwa. | |||
*"language"; თქარა; /tʰkʰara/; [tʰəkʰɑra] | |||
Voicing assimilation is regressive. | |||
Vowels undergo phonetic alteration after /q’/: | |||
*/a/ > [ɑ] | |||
*/e/ > [ɛ] | |||
*/i/ > [ɨ] | |||
*/o/ > [ɒ] | |||
*/u/ > [ʉ] | |||
As well as before /r, l/. | |||
*/a/ > [ɑ] | |||
*/e/ > [ɛ] | |||
*/i/ > [ɪ] | |||
*/o/ > [ɔ] | |||
*/u/ > [ʊ] | |||
==Case system== | ==Case system== |