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David Sankoff's ''On the Rate of Replacement of Word-Meaning Relationships'' | David Sankoff's ''On the Rate of Replacement of Word-Meaning Relationships'' | ||
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Svele is "slavo-germanic-sounding". Its left-most syllable is stressed and lengthened while unstressed vowels are reduced. | |||
ktonzt | |||
illengred | |||
nagdele "sea" | |||
neivele "sword" | |||
leigeverin "heaven" | |||
ungrevir | |||
leiklisch "lizard" | |||
lugelpuz | |||
rich inventory of sibilants | |||
ch /ɕ/ | |||
zh /t͡ɕ/ | |||
sch /ʃ/ | |||
zch /t͡ʃ/ | |||
s /s/ | |||
z /t͡s/ | |||
ss /ɕʃs/ | |||
jawess /ˈi̯aːwəɕʃs/ | |||
svhalzche /svaːlt͡ʃə/ | |||
vheivele /ˈvaːɪ̯fələ/ | |||
svhalzepur | |||
*morphomes are by rule ultrafusional | |||
*vowel reduction is present | |||
*consonant clusters | |||
*segments cannot be pronounced in isolation, but fit within a specific grammatical, contextual, and lexical function influencing the whole phrase | |||
*every word is a phrase | |||
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