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====morphophonemic=== | ====morphophonemic==== | ||
m- prefix ~n before t tʰ | m- prefix ~n before t tʰ | ||
===sandhi=== | |||
====dissimilatory processes==== | |||
*Semivowel exchange: | |||
:A /w/ after /o/ will change to /j/, whilst /j/ after /i/ becomes /w/. E.g. underlying |sʰwo-wt-| → /sʰwojt/ → [sʰwojta] 'meat' | |||
*Semivowel dissimilation | |||
: final /w/ becomes [kʰ] when followed by another word containing /w/ in the onset. E.g. /ʔjow ʕwan/ → [ʔjokʰ‿ʕwan] | |||
===aphaeresis=== | |||
vowels occurring in positions with little stress might be reduced or deleted, e.g. /sanatakkʰa/ → [sənatakkʰa] / [snatakkʰa] | |||
==prasadī== | ==prasadī== | ||
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===verbs=== | ===verbs=== | ||
do not inflect for subject | |||
e.g. ''ʾikh ħwanta natakkha'' 'I hold that great valley' (Lit. 'that great valley hold') | |||
====suffix==== | |||
=====y-suffix===== | |||
The y-affix represents the conflation of the categories: non-present, non-past, unrealised, counterfactual, atelic, which we denote {{sc|unreal}}. | |||
The affix will be infixed when it is so possible (glide position not occupied), else it will realise as -ay | |||
e.g. ''takʰ'' + ''-y'' > ''taykʰ-'' but ''sawʕ'' + ''y'' > ''sawʕay'' | |||
====prefix verb extension==== | ====prefix verb extension==== | ||
=====s-prefix===== | =====s-prefix===== | ||
=====h-prefix===== | =====h-prefix===== | ||
=====m-prefix===== | =====m-prefix===== | ||
stative | |||
===determiners=== | ===determiners=== | ||
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====compounding==== | ====compounding==== | ||
* head-final | * head-final | ||
e.g. ''ʾyow tha'' 'speech of the shaded valley' (short for ''ʾyow ħwan tha'' lit. 'shade dale word') | |||