Sialan Blends and Sound Distribution/Phonotactics
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Legal placements of phonemes within Sialan words.
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There are two kinds of blend in
Sialan: weak, and strong.Strong blends can appear word-initially and inter-vocalically (as below); whereas weak blends can only appear inter-vocalically. These blends are shown in the table below:
| Strong blends | Weak blends | |
|---|---|---|
| sp | vm | lm |
| st | nm | mn |
| sk | kn | gn |
| sf | mp | np |
| --- | mb | nb |
| fl | mt | nt |
| vl | md | nd |
| sl | ŋg | ŋk |
| ʃl | ʃp | ʃt |
| --- | ʃk | ʃf |
| mʲ | lp | lb |
| ɲ | lt | ld |
| fʲ | lk | lg |
| vʲ | pf | kf |
| sʲ | tf | lf |
| ç | mv | kv |
| λ | gv | lv |
| ms | ps | |
| ts | ks | |
| fs | ls | |
| mʃ | pʃ | |
| tʃ | mr | |
| pl | bl | |
| tl | dl | |
| kl | gl | |
| mw | nw | |
| lw | lr | |
| pw | pr | |
| bw | br | |
| tw | tr | |
| dw | dr | |
| kw | kr | |
| gw | gr | |
| fw | fr | |
| vw | vr | |
| sw | sr | |
| ʃw | ʃr | |
Thus, the rules for determining if a blend is strong can be summed up as follows:
- All blends involving /s/ + a stop or a fricative are strong;
- All blends involving a fricative + /l/ are strong; and
- All palatalised blends are strong.
Consonantal Sound Distribution
Word-initial position:
- Any plain consonant is legal.
- Strong blends are legal, weak blends are illegal.
- Long consonants are illegal.
Word-medial position:
- Any plain consonant is legal.
- Long consonants are also legal, inter-vocalically.
- All blends are legal, but only inter-vocalically.
Word-final position:
- All blends are illegal.
- Long consonants are illegal.
- Other consonants (i.e. plain consonants) are legal.
Vocalic Sound Distribution
Word-initial position:
- Any monophthong is legal.
- Polyphthongs beginning with /i(:)_/ [ʲ_] and /u(:)_/ [ʷ_] are legal, all others are illegal.
Word-medial position:
- Any monophthong is legal.
- All polyphthongs are illegal.
Word-final position:
- Any monophthong is legal.
- Polyphthongs beginning with /i(:)_/ [ʲ_] and /u(:)_/ [ʷ_] are legal, all others are illegal.
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