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=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
* Initial voiceless consonants in affixes, or initial voiceless consonants arising from reduplication become voiced when they occur in word-initial position, e.g. ''tonka'' "one buffalo" → ''<u>da</u>tonka'' "two or more buffalo". | * Initial voiceless consonants in affixes, or initial voiceless consonants arising from reduplication become voiced when they occur in word-initial position, e.g.: | ||
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- Reduplication: ''tonka'' "one buffalo" → ''<u>da</u>tonka'' "two or more buffalo".<br/> | |||
- Affixation: | |||
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1. No affix: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = atsané | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = atsa-né | |||
| gloss = lie.down-CONJ.CL | |||
| translation = He lies down. | |||
}} | |||
2. With affix: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = <u>bz</u>atsané | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = ps-atsa-né | |||
| gloss = CAUS-lie.down-CONJ.CL | |||
| translation = He lays him down. | |||
}} | |||
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== Grammar == | == Grammar == |
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