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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
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===Vowel alternations=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
====Ablaut==== | ====Vowel alternations==== | ||
=====Ablaut===== | |||
Chlouvānem morphology uses a system of ablaut alternations in its vowels, most notably for some verbs, for the ablauting declension of nouns (5h), and for many derivations. Every normal ablaut pattern has a base grade (the one given in citation forms), a middle grade, and a strong grade.<br/> | Chlouvānem morphology uses a system of ablaut alternations in its vowels, most notably for some verbs, for the ablauting declension of nouns (5h), and for many derivations. Every normal ablaut pattern has a base grade (the one given in citation forms), a middle grade, and a strong grade.<br/> | ||
The patterns of regular ablaut are the following: | The patterns of regular ablaut are the following: | ||
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* ''u-type inverse ablaut'': base '''va''' — middle '''u''' | * ''u-type inverse ablaut'': base '''va''' — middle '''u''' | ||
====Lengthening==== | =====Lengthening===== | ||
Lengthening alternations, which originate in Proto-Lahob, substitute a vowel with its lengthened form. There are many synchronically irregular cases, due to the huge vowel shifts that happened between Proto-Lahob (PLB) and Chlouvānem. Note that PLB *î represents /ɨ/ or /ɨ̯/: | Lengthening alternations, which originate in Proto-Lahob, substitute a vowel with its lengthened form. There are many synchronically irregular cases, due to the huge vowel shifts that happened between Proto-Lahob (PLB) and Chlouvānem. Note that PLB *î represents /ɨ/ or /ɨ̯/: | ||
* '''a''' → '''ā''' | * '''a''' → '''ā''' | ||