Ataši: Difference between revisions
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'''Syllable Structure''' | '''Syllable Structure''' | ||
(C)(C)V(C)(C) | |||
The end of one syllable and the beginning of another is of some importance, since the adjacency of voiced and unvoiced obstruents are dependent on their placement in a word's syllable structure. In any given word, the partitioning of syllables is as even and symmetrical as possible. For example, ''anxâlik''', meaning "leader/boss", would not be split up as V.CCVC.VC, but would be VC.VC.CVC. With this partitioning, the three syllables are more even in their onset/coda distribution. | |||
'''Rules''' | |||
1. No more than two vowels can occur next to each other in a single world. (e.g.: CV+V+VCC) | |||
2. If two vowels occur next to each other, then a y sound will separate them. | |||
3. Under no circumstances should two sounds of the same manner of articulation appear adjacent to each other. | |||
4. No consonants of the same place of articulation should appear adjacent to each other, excepting central alveolar consonants. | |||
5. A fricative cannot be in the same consonant cluster an affricate or vise versa. | |||
6. No syllable with a nucleus longer than one mora can be articulated as closed (See Morphophonology for more information). | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||