Re: Kalini Sapak bits (or How to buse the letter "X" ...)

I wrote:
[snip]
>When the semivowel is followed by another vowel, /y/ don't affect /i/ and
>/w/ don't affect /u/. When the semivowel is followed by a consonant, it's
>lost and vowel lengthing occurs:
>
>/aywal/ "starry sky" is ['e:wal] (also fem name)
>/qiyk/ "horse-like" is [xi:k]
>/uyC/ should yield [y:C] (no example yet, C=any consonant)
Actually, there's at least one example of this:

/canuy/ "sword (NOM)" is ['Gany:]

What's important aint the following consonant or not, but whether the
vowel+semivowel combination is followed by another vowel.

Also, most unsurprising, Kalini Sapak has voicing assimilation in consonant
klusters. Eg:

/akzal/ "womanhood; womankind" is ['aksal]

                                             Andreas

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