Re: Sandhi in Kayasanoda?

--But it's not just the "-hi" which forces preceding
stress; it's any "h", anywhere in the word.  I don't
know how natural that is, except that, when I tried to
pronounce the words, that's the only way it came out.
I think perhaps I overstress the "h", and the extra
air needed develops out of the preceding vowel,
because I have so few consonants that "h" is important
enough to need to be very distinctly heard.

BTW: How many of you focus on the spoken part of your
langs, and for how many is it a strictly written
exercise?

Also, all the positive comments I'm getting on
Kayasanoda are a real encouragement.  This being my
first go at this sort of thing, I appreciate hearing
compliments from people who know what they're doing.

Amesika meha!
Clint


--- Christopher B Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> > Siyo, kadlakayada!
> > I have a question--since my "h" forces a stress on
> the
> > previous vowel (did you notice I had four
> consecutive
> > h's in one word in "Interbeing"?), is this
> considered
> > an instance of sandhi?  I'm not fully sure I
> > understand the term--is it between words or
> between
> > syllables?
>
> Suffixes often change the stress in a word. Though I
> am not a linguist
> (yet), I'm pretty sure it isn't sandhi.
>
> It's quite possible that Kayasanoda's more ancient
> forms had sandhi,
> however, since the "hi" suffix probably came from a
> particle. The meaning
> would have changed depending on word order rather
> than whether it was a
> suffix or particle.
>
> > Amesika meha! (Thank you!)
>
> Vin teke duep. (I would do [it] again soon.)
>
> Chris Wright
> Ducking and hoping he won't be booed out in five
> minutes as long as he
> stays somewhat on topic

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