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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
{{Muna_Phonotactics}} | {{Muna_Phonotactics}} | ||
'''Initial (ι)''' | |||
* Initials are optional word-initially and mandatory elsewhere | |||
* Can’t have the same manner of articulation as a preceding coda | |||
'''Medial (μ)''' | |||
* Medials re optional | |||
* Liquids are only allowed after stops or fricatives | |||
* /s/ Is only allowed after nasals or liquids | |||
* /s/ is forbidden on a first syllable or after a syllable with coda | |||
'''Nucleus (ν)''' | |||
* Nuclei are mandatory | |||
* Diphthongs are not allowed after a semivowel | |||
'''Coda (κ)''' | |||
* Codas are optional | |||
* Nasals must have the same place of articulation as the following obstruent | |||
* Liquid + fricative are only allowed word-finally | |||
===Stress=== | |||
Stress is often placed on the first syllable, sometimes on the second. | |||
===Allophony=== | |||
* Voiced fricatives [β ð ɣ] undergo fortition [b d g] when adjacent to a stop or nasal | |||
* Adjacent unvoiced stops and their voiced counterparts [pb bp td dt kg gk] become voiced and geminated [b: d: g:] | |||
* The voiced alveolar fricative [ð] undergoes fortition [d] before [l] | |||
* The lateral approximant [l] becomes a lateral release [◌ˡ] after alveolar stops [t d] | |||
* Alveolar and velar nasals [n ŋ] become palatal nasals [ɲ] before [j] | |||
==Word Classes== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
====Dependency Structure==== | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Determiner | |||
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Quantifier | |||
! colspan="2" |Noun | |||
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Case | |||
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Adjective | |||
| rowspan="2" style="width:80px;" |Genitive | |||
|- | |||
|style="width:60px;" |Root | |||
|style="width:60px;" |Number | |||
|} | |||