Roshterian: Difference between revisions
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Roshterian allows fewer clusters than [[Proto-Talmic]]. Only two-consonant clusters are permitted. | Roshterian allows fewer clusters than [[Proto-Talmic]]. Only two-consonant clusters are permitted, and they are subject to the sonority hierarchy. | ||
Allowed clusters: | Allowed clusters: | ||
* | *Now allowed initially: ''mp, nt, ṉṯ, nc, nq, mb, nd, ṉḏ, ng, nḡ, ns, ns̱, lp, lt, ḻṯ, lc, ḻq, lb, ld, ḻḏ, lg, ḻḡ, rp, rt, ṟṯ, rc, rq, rb, rd, ṟḏ, rg, rḡ, rm, rn, ṟb, ṟg, ṟm, ṟḻ, sp, st, s̱ṯ, sc, s̱q, ts'' | ||
*Allowed initially: ''pl, pr, bl, br, tr, dr, ṯr, ḏr, cl, cr'' | *Allowed initially: ''pl, pr, bl, br, tr, dr, ṯr, ḏr, cl, cr'' | ||
**Some dialects may have '''ṯṟ, ḏṟ''' for ''ṯr, ḏr'' | **Some dialects may have '''ṯṟ, ḏṟ''' for ''ṯr, ḏr''. | ||
**Some dialects always use Cḻ or Cṟ for Cr | **Some dialects always use Cḻ or Cṟ for Cr. | ||
====Sandhi==== | ====Sandhi==== | ||