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The soft consonants are the palatal consonants, the palatalized labial consonants, and the lateral consonants. All the other consonants are hard. | The soft consonants are the palatal consonants, the palatalized labial consonants, and the lateral consonants. All the other consonants are hard. | ||
For example, the antipassive voice is formed by an infix that comes after the first consonant of a word. For words that begin with a hard consonant, the infix is ''' | For example, the antipassive voice is formed by an infix that comes after the first consonant of a word. For words that begin with a hard consonant, the infix is '''ar''' /aʁ/ (which contains a hard consonant) e.g. | ||
*ziitlòeji /ziːtɬɜɦɟi/ - to know (a person), mirative | *ziitlòeji /ziːtɬɜɦɟi/ - to know (a person), mirative | ||
* | *zariitlòeji /zaʁiːtɬɜɦɟi/ - to know (a person), mirative, antipassive | ||
However, if the word begins with a soft consonant, the infix is ''' | However, if the word begins with a soft consonant, the infix is '''iel''' /el/ e.g. | ||
*pyiquu /pʲiʔuː/ - to purify, mirative | *pyiquu /pʲiʔuː/ - to purify, mirative | ||
* | *pyieliquu /pʲeliʔuː/ - to purify, mirative, antipassive | ||
*hliqo /ɬiʔɔ/ - to perform, mirative | *hliqo /ɬiʔɔ/ - to perform, mirative | ||
* | *hlieliqo /ɬeliʔɔ/ - to perform, mirative, antipassive (not *(hlariqo) /ɬmiʔɔ/) | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||