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The follow rules are applied: | The follow rules are applied: | ||
# Onset and coda always have a consonant, ranging from C to CCCC. | # Onset and coda always have a consonant, ranging from C to CCCC. | ||
# The only mandatory element of a root is N or J. | #* A main onset or a coda are mandatory for a syllable to become a root. | ||
#* The only mandatory element of a root is N or J in its onset or coda. | |||
# The consonant closer to the main howel always have the higher sonority. | # The consonant closer to the main howel always have the higher sonority. | ||
# Only one member of each sonority group appear in the onset or coda. | # Only one member of each sonority group appear in the onset or coda. | ||
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A good example is the name of the language itself, [[Dlav|Dlàv]], which is organised as CCVC, namely PNVH, spro- ‘to die’ is also a possible root, but **sṗro- is not. | A good example is the name of the language itself, [[Dlav|Dlàv]], which is organised as CCVC, namely PNVH, spro- ‘to die’ is also a possible root, but **sṗro- is not. | ||
===Word formation=== | |||
Typically, a root plus an interfix forms a stem, and adding an suffix forms a word. Interfixes are not mandatory. | |||
* Dlàv- ‘Dlav (language)’, nouns like that, lacking an interfix, are often called root nouns. | |||
* Dlàv-ey- ‘a Dlav speaker’, with an interfix, nouns with an interfix are called stem nouns. | |||
* Dlàv-ey-ra ‘a masculine Dlav speaker’, with a suffix. | |||