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*An ''a'' or ''e'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. This also applies to word-final ''-o''. | *An ''a'' or ''e'' followed by one of the "guttural" consonants (<i>', x, c,</i> or ''h'') assimilates to the following vowel. This also applies to word-final ''-o''. | ||
*Unstressed vowels are usually dropped before vowel-initial endings if it will not violate phonotactics. | |||
::e.g. ''gacan'' (stem: ''gacam-'') + ''-ooyn'' → ''gacmooyn'' "hands" (not *''gacamooyn'') | |||
:Sometimes metathesis is involved. | |||
::e.g. ''culus'' "(he/she is) heavy" + ''-aan'' → ''cuslaan'' "(they are) heavy" (not *''culsaan'') | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||