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{{PAGENAME}} is topic-prominent, like Japanese and Korean. | {{PAGENAME}} is topic-prominent, like Japanese and Korean. | ||
Final ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to approximants ''v, d̆, r, ğ'' before a suffix beginning with a consonant. Suffixes beginning with ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to ''v, d̆, r, ğ'' after a final vowel. | *Final ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to approximants ''v, d̆, r, ğ'' before a suffix beginning with a consonant (unless any assimilation is applied first). | ||
*''- | *Suffixes beginning with ''b, d, ḑ, g'' are lenited to ''v, d̆, r, ğ'' after a final vowel. | ||
**''nȧx'' /nɛx/ = person, '' | |||
**''med'' /məd/ = house, '' | Here are the major noun clitics: | ||
**''suḑ'' /suɖ/ = woman, '' | *''-nUm'' = plural (''-ņ'', ''-ț'' + ''-nUm'' > ''-ņņUm'', ''-țņUm'') | ||
**''ŋω'' /ŋɔ/ = head > '' | **''nȧx'' /nɛx/ = person, ''nȧxnim'' /nɛxnim/ = people | ||
**''med'' /məd/ = house, ''med̆nım'' /məð̞nɨm/ = houses | |||
**''suḑ'' /suɖ/ = woman, ''surnum'' /suɹnum/ = women | |||
**''ŋω'' /ŋɔ/ = head > ''ŋωnum'' /ŋɔnum/ = heads | |||
*''-dO/-d̆O'' = topic marker (''-t'', ''-ņ'', ''-ḑ'', ''-ț'', ''-ļ'' + ''-dO'' > ''-ttO'', ''-ņḑO'', ''-ḑḑO'', ''-ţţO'', ''-ļḑO'') | *''-dO/-d̆O'' = topic marker (''-t'', ''-ņ'', ''-ḑ'', ''-ț'', ''-ļ'' + ''-dO'' > ''-ttO'', ''-ņḑO'', ''-ḑḑO'', ''-ţţO'', ''-ļḑO'') | ||
**'' | **''nȧxdė'' // = as for the person | ||
**'' | **''medde'' = as for the house | ||
**'' | **''suḑḑo'' = as for the woman | ||
**'' | **''ŋωd̆o'' = as for the head | ||
*''-mAy'' = locative marker | |||
**''med'' /məd/ = house, ''med̆may'' /məð̞maj/ = in/at the house | |||
**''vωt'' /wɔt/ = room, ''vωtmωy'' /wɔtmɔj/ = in the room | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== |
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