Consonant mutation in Dworam (OLD)
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How consonants change depending on their environment in Dworam
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Dworam (OLD), certain consonants have two 'forms' with which they use depending on the surrounding environment. The rules for consonant mutation are pretty standard. A consonant stays in its first form, the 'standard' form, in most places in a word, and changes into its second form, its 'mutated' form, if it occurs before the vowels [a] or [ë] as well as their long counterparts, or if it occurs at the end of the word. The standard form is unvoiced, whereas the mutated form is voiced. Below is a table listing off consonants as written on CWS with IPA representations of their standard and mutated forms.| Consonant | Standard | Mutated |
|---|---|---|
| c | /t͡s/ | /d͡z/ |
| č | /t͡ɕ/ | /d͡ʑ/ |
| h | /x/ | /ɣ/ |
| k | /k/ | /g/ |
| p | /p/ | /b/ |
| s | /s/ | /z/ |
| š | /ɕ/ | /ʑ/ |
| t | /t/ | /d/ |
| v | /f/ | /v/ |
However, these consonant mutation rules only apply to
Plains Dworam (OLD) and 
Mountain Dworam (OLD), with 
Coastal Dworam (OLD)'s mutable consonants without an aspirated equivalent (e.g. [c], [h], [v]) all matching their standard, unmutated form in other Dworam (OLD) dialects, and its mutable consonants with aspirated equivalents ([p], [t], [k]) all being their mutated form.✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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