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The velar approximant '''w''' /ɰ/ is a particularly elusive phoneme, and is subject to a great deal of allophony. Émile d'Ivoire describes this phoneme as highly variable in the language. | The velar approximant '''w''' /ɰ/ is a particularly elusive phoneme, and is subject to a great deal of allophony. Émile d'Ivoire describes this phoneme as highly variable in the language. | ||
:''The semi-consonant commonly analysed as a velar approximant, is a true ''caméléon'' and has | :''The semi-consonant commonly analysed as a velar approximant, is a true ''caméléon'' and has three different allophones, depending on the following vowel. Whilst historically analysed as purely velar, my research finds that it is variously bilabialised as [β̞] or palatalised into [j]. The pure velar approximant [ɰ] also occurs.'' | ||
He goes on to describe the environments triggering the allophony. | He goes on to describe the environments triggering the allophony. | ||
:''The | :''The bilabial approximant [β̞] is produced near the close back rounded vowel '''u''' /u/, and the palatal approximant '''y''' [j] is produced when adjacent to the close front unrounded vowel '''i''' /j/. Finally [ɰ] is used with the open back unrounded vowel '''a''' /a/.'' | ||
The conditions are the following: | The conditions are the following: | ||
*ɰ > { | *ɰ > {β̞, j, ɰ} / _ {u, i a}C | ||
*ɰ > { | *ɰ > {β̞, j, ɰ} / {u, i a}_C | ||
Additionally, [w, β̞, ɰ] occur in the so called diphthongs and long diphthongs, namely '''á''', '''áa''', '''ú''', '''úu | Additionally, [w, β̞, ɰ] occur in the so called diphthongs and long diphthongs, namely '''á''', '''áa''', '''ú''', and '''úu''', with their associated vowels. When a diphthong precedes a nasal, the nasal is lost. | ||
{{gloss/indexable | {{gloss/indexable | ||
|phrase = wínda | |phrase = wínda | ||