Mermelian Allophony
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Rules of mermelian allophony
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[comments] phonologyallophonyorthography In this article ye will learn the allophony rules of the Mermelian language.
1.A
If a voiceless plosive consonant is preceded by a voiceless glottal fricative, the voiceless plosive will become an aspirated consonant. Ejectivised version of each consonants get gemminated.
/h/+/p/ > /pʰ/
/h/+/pʼ/ > /p:/
/h/+/t/ > /tʰ/
/h/+/tʼ/ > /t:/
/h/+/k/ > /kʰ/
/h/+/kʼ/ > /k:/
/h/+/kʷ/ > /kʷʰ/
/h/+/kʷʼ/ > /kʷ:/
1.B
If a voiced nasal is preceded by a voiceless glottal fricative, the voiced nasal will devoice.
/h/+/m/ > /m̥/
/h/+/n/ > /n̥/
1.B.1
If an alveolar flap or alveolar lateral approximant are preceded by a voiceless glottal fricative, they will devoice.
/h/+/ɾ/ > /ɾ̥/
/h/+/l/ > /l̥/
1.B.2
If a voiced labio-velar approximant is preceded by a voiceless glottal fricative, the voiced labio-velar approximant will become voiceless. NOTE: /ʍ/ is an allophone of /hʷ/
/h/+/w/ > /ʍ/
2.A
When a voiced plosive consonant appears on a consonant cluster they become voiceless plosives. E.g.
"bz" would technically be pronounced as /bt͡s/ but it is really pronounced as /pt͡s/.
"zb" is pronounced as /t͡sp/
An exception to this rule is when the voiced plosives consonants are prenasalized.
NOTE: In some dialects palatalisation still present.
A.A
If the alveolar consonants /t/, /tʼ/, /d/ and /l/ are followed by /j/,/i/ or /e/ they are palatalised.
/t/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ȶ/ or /tʲ/
/tʼ/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ȶʼ/ or /t'ʲ/
/d/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ȡ/ or /dʲ/
/l/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ʎ/ or /lʲ/
A.B
If the post-alveolar consonants /ʃ/, /t͡ʃ/ and /t͡ʃʼ/ are followed by /j/,/i/ or /e/ they are palatalised.
/ʂ/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ɕ/
/ʈʂ/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /t͡ɕ/
/ʈʂʼ/+/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /t͡ɕʼ/
A.C
If the velar consonants /k/, /kʼ/, /kʼʷ/, /kʷ/, /g/, /x/ and /xʷ/ are followed by /j/,/i/ or /e/ they are palatalised.
/k/ +/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /c/
/kʼ/ +/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /cʼ/
/kʷ/ +/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /cʷ/
/kʷʼ/ +/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /cʼʷ/
/g/ +/j/,/i/ or /e/ > /ɟ/
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