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Final vowels probably elided depending on the speaker ala many Australian aboriginal languages. Thus ikitha > /egeð/. | Final vowels probably elided depending on the speaker ala many Australian aboriginal languages. Thus ikitha > /egeð/. | ||
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*iki » yaka ~ yacka ~ yaga ~ yathka (aika?) | |||
yack-illa » eckélla | |||
yack-aitha » eckaytha / eckaya | |||
yack-aitha-illa » eckithella | |||
Intervocalic rhoticisation = th > dh and l/t > r (unless doubled); p and k tend to start off as B and initially but as p/b/w and ck/k intervocalically. Peripheral consonants are thus "tense". | |||
wa/nga » o when destressed? | |||
Stress occurs on heavy syllables. | |||
Th can occasionally be lenited to Y word initially. cf. Thura-Yura languages. |
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