Jakvalat: Difference between revisions
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
1. Syllable template: | 1. Syllable template: CV(C). | ||
2. Permitted syllable codas: | 2. Permitted syllable codas: | ||
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c. Second segment of cluster runs along top of table. | c. Second segment of cluster runs along top of table. | ||
6. No consonant cluster may have more than two segments. | 6. No consonant cluster may have more than two segments. | ||
7. Consonant clusters | 7. Consonant clusters may only occur across syllable boundaries | ||
8. Consecutive vowel sequences do not occur. | 8. Consecutive vowel sequences do not occur. | ||
9 | 9. Long vowels do not occur in closed syllables. | ||
10. Long vowels do not occur in morpheme-final position. | |||
11. /i, eɪ/ may not occur after onset of /j/. | |||
12. /u, oʊ/ may not occur after onset /ʋ/. | |||
13. Long vowels may not occur before a semivowel onset. | |||
14. Most native roots are disyllabic with monosyllabic roots being restricted to pronouns. Most particles are monosyllabic. | |||
15. Roots, particles and prefixes must begin with a single consonant or a syllable onset cluster. | |||
16. Suffixes may begin with a single consonant, a syllable onset cluster, a syllable boundary cluster or a vowel. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||