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*/ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː]. | */ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː]. | ||
or just new consonants like tr dr > ts dz ks gz | |||
grammatical mutation: | grammatical mutation: just lenition - or no mutation at all? | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Revision as of 21:45, 23 July 2017
Tumacan is a grammatically conservative descendant of Old Bhadhagha, spoken near the Tumaca Mountains.
Phonology
Consonants
- /b d dʒ g/ are devoiced to (unaspirated) [p t c k] in all positions.
- /tʃ, dʒ, ʃ/ = [c, ɟ, ç]
- /n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, z].
- th, dh are [ħ, z] word-initially and become [h, z] word-finally.
- /ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː].
or just new consonants like tr dr > ts dz ks gz
grammatical mutation: just lenition - or no mutation at all?
Vowels
Morphology
Nouns
Tumacan retains the Old Bhadhagha possessive suffixes.
Verbs
tumaca could have b-prefixation (lenition or b-) only when there's a direct object
ní on the other hand doesnt trigger lenition (it didn't in OT)