Re: Sound changes causing divergence of ordinals from cardinals
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 5, 2006, 17:11 |
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Alex Fink wrote:
>>(1) Labial harmony: After rounded elements, subsequent vowels become
>>rounded, unless there is a subsequent velar, which prevents it (cf.
>>English "what" vs "whack"). Thus:
>>
>>(I assume the "ao" is two separate vowels. If it's a diphthong, then
>>20th should remain "naronaoke", 30th "mikonaoke")
>
>
> (2) Primary stress is penultimate (unless there's only one vowel). Vowels
> under the primary stress shift: non-high vowels rise (/a e 2 Q o/ > /e i y o
> u/), while high vowels break (/i y u/ > /j@ H@ w@/).
*Stressed* Schwa? Wouldn't that be better as /i@/ /y@/ and /u@/? For
ease of further changes, I'm adding stress markers as well.
(3) Intervocalic voiceless stops become fricatives (/x/ further develops
to /h/ and then 0)
Value Cardinal Ordinal
1 'j@wQ i'wee
2 'nero na'rue
3 'mj@o mi'ue
4 'tuo to'ue
5 'kin 'kinke
6 'jesu ja'sw@e
7 'Sj@gu Si'gw@e
8 'dZuz2 dZo'zie
9 'hj@ja hijeke
10 'neo na'ue
11 'hero ha'rue
12 'utsu ot'sw@e
13 nao'mj@o naomi'ue
20 naro'noo naronQ'ue
21 naronQ'H@wQ naronQy'wee
22 naronQo'noro naronQonQ'rue
30 mio'noo mionQ'ue
31 naronQo'horo naronQohQ'rue
32 naronQ'utsu naronQo'tsw@e
33 mikonQo'mj@o mionQomi'ue