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That / Those: /ˈjəʔtʷəʔ/ [ˈjʏʔtʷʊʔ] | That / Those: /ˈjəʔtʷəʔ/ [ˈjʏʔtʷʊʔ] | ||
===Prepositional Clitics=== | |||
In Thangha', prepositions are clitics that attach phonologically to the following word (whether that is a noun, demonstrative, numeral or adjective). The pronunciation of the last vowel in a preposition is affected by the first consonant in the following word e.g. | |||
/saⁿpʲəⁿ/ [sɛmpʲeⁿ] - "next to" | |||
/ˈʂaⁿsəʔ/ [ˈʂɑnsəʔ] - "boss" | |||
/saⁿpʲəⁿ=ˈʂaⁿsəʔ/ [sɛmpʲəɳ=ˈʂɑnsəʔ] - "next to the boss" | |||
====Contractions==== | |||
If a preposition ends with /-əʔ/, and the following word begins with /ʔ/, /j/ or /w/, then the combination of the two words is often abbreviated by deleting the last vowel of the preposition and the first consonant of the following word e.g. | |||
/ʔatasəʔ/ - "above" | |||
/ˈjiːtəʔ/ - "food" | |||
/ʔataˈsiːtəʔ/ - "above the food" ( the uncontracted form /ʔatasəʔ=ˈjiːtəʔ/ is grammatical but almost never heard). | |||
Sometimes, an initial /j/ or /w/ is not deleted entirely, but survives as secondary articulation on the last consonant of the preposition e.g. | |||
/ˈwəʔwa/ [ˈwʊʔwa] - "animal fat" | |||
/ʔataˈsʷəʔwa/ [ʔataˈsʷʊʔwa] - "above the animal fat" | |||
/pəⁿtˤakəʔ/ [pʌntˤɑkəʔ]- "on top of" | |||
/pəⁿtˤaˈkʷəʔwa/ [pʌntˤɒˈkʷʊʔwa] - "on top of the animal fat" | |||
/pəⁿtˤaˈciːtəʔ/ [pʌntˤɐˈciːtəʔ] - "on top of the food" | |||
==Pronouns== | ==Pronouns== | ||