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====Nasal Consonants==== | ====Nasal Consonants==== | ||
A schwa has a strong tendency to be lost if it occurs immediately after a nasal consonant, and immediately before a stop or affricate. In this case, the nasal changes it's place or articulation to be homorganic with the stop / affricate e.g. / | A schwa has a strong tendency to be lost if it occurs immediately after a nasal consonant, and immediately before a stop or affricate. In this case, the nasal changes it's place or articulation to be homorganic with the stop / affricate e.g. /çə̀wà'''ŋə̀ˈp'''ô̰/ - "udder" is usually heard as [ḉʉwɔ́'''mˈp'''ɔ̰̂ː] (here and below, the parts of the word that undergo assimilation have been marked in bold). | ||
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If a schwa occurs word finally and is preceded by a nasal, then the whole syllable is often deleted, with nasalisation of the preceding vowel e.g. / | If a schwa occurs word finally and is preceded by a nasal, then the whole syllable is often deleted, with nasalisation of the preceding vowel e.g. /zə́ˈwòʔtɕ'''ə̀nə̀'''/ - "rotten" is usually prononuced [zúˈwʉ̀ʔtɕ'''ìⁿ''']. | ||
The sequence /məjə/ is usually pronounced [mːʲi]. Unlike most other assimilation processes, this can occur in the syllable immediately following the stressed one e.g. / | The sequence /məjə/ is usually pronounced [mːʲi]. Unlike most other assimilation processes, this can occur in the syllable immediately following the stressed one e.g. /ʔáˈɫʷṳ̀ː'''mə̀=jə̀'''/ - "everyone's" (alienable) is usually pronounced [ʔɒ́ɫʷṳ̀ː'''mːʲì''']. | ||
A similar process transforms the sequence /nəjə/ to [ɲːi], as in the name of the language, Seggeynni [ | A similar process transforms the sequence /nəjə/ to [ɲːi], as in the name of the language, Seggeynni [ˈséɠə̀i'''ɲːì'''], underlyingly /ˈséʕkə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀'''/. | ||
====Debuccalisation of Stops==== | ====Debuccalisation of Stops==== | ||
If a word final schwa is preceded by a stop, then it is very common to delete the schwa and debuccalise the stop to a glottal stop e.g. / | If a word final schwa is preceded by a stop, then it is very common to delete the schwa and debuccalise the stop to a glottal stop e.g. /ˈqóʔɲà'''tə̀'''/ - "Hkonat" (the name of a city), is usually pronounced as [ˈqɔ́ʔɲɛ̀'''ʔ''']. | ||
If schwa occurs between two stops of identical voicing (sequences of tenuis + schwa + aspirated stop are also permissible), then both schwa and the preceding stop are deleted, and the following consonant becomes geminated e.g. / | If schwa occurs between two stops of identical voicing (sequences of tenuis + schwa + aspirated stop are also permissible), then both schwa and the preceding stop are deleted, and the following consonant becomes geminated e.g. /ˈqòʔɲá'''tə́=k'''á/ - "from Hkonat" is normally pronounced [ˈqɔ̀ʔɲɛ́'''kː'''á]. | ||
====Semivowels==== | |||
An extremely common phonetic process involves sequences of /a/ or /ə/ followed by /jə/, /wə/ or /ɥə/. The second schwa is deleted, and the semivowel assimilates with the preceding vowel to form a diphthong. /ajə/ becomes [ai], /awə/ becomes [au], and /aɥə/ becomes [aʉ]. Likewise /əjə/ becomes [əi], /əwə/ becomes [əu], and /əɥə/ becomes [əʉ]. An example of this is in the name of the language, /ˈséʕk'''ə̀jə̀'''nə̀jə̀/, which is pronounced as [ˈséɠ'''ə̀i'''ɲːì]. | |||