7,110
edits
Af Mexee: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Sandhi
(→Sandhi) |
|||
| Line 292: | Line 292: | ||
*An ''a'', ''e'', or final ''-o'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. If the following vowel is ''o'', they can either become ''a'' or ''o''. e.g.''ma dhoho'' or ''ma dhaho'' "he does not say" | *An ''a'', ''e'', or final ''-o'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. If the following vowel is ''o'', they can either become ''a'' or ''o''. e.g.''ma dhoho'' or ''ma dhaho'' "he does not say" | ||
*Unstressed vowels are often dropped before vowel-initial endings if it will not violate phonotactics. | *Unstressed vowels are often dropped before vowel-initial endings if it will not violate phonotactics. | ||
::e.g. '' | ::e.g. ''gacán'' (stem: ''gac(a)m-'') + ''-óoyn'' → ''gacmóoyn'' "hands" (not *''gacamóoyn'') | ||
:Sometimes metathesis is involved. | :Sometimes metathesis is involved. | ||
::e.g. '' | ::e.g. ''culús'' "(he/she is) heavy" + ''-aán'' → ''cuslaán'' "(they are) heavy" (not *''culsaán'') | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||