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Re: Exit Methkaeki, (re)enter Mephali

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 0:38
Quoting "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>:

> AJ> if assimilation is to occur, I'd suggest /TZ/ going to [TS] or even [tS] > AJ> (the later would be the outcome with Tairezazh assimilation rules). > > Could you summarize the Tairezazh assimilation rules easily?
The relevant ones are easy enough: 1) All stops and frics in a cluster assimilate to the voicing of the one closest to the word's stressed syllable. 2) /T D/ turn into [t d] before fricatives.
> AJ> No real idea on /pN/, which, too me, doesn't seem trickier than > AJ> anything else involving a syllable initial /N/. > > It's going from open-airstream-with-lips-closed to > closed-airstreem-with-lips-open that makes it awkward. And again, only > because it's within a word.
Well, if /kN/ or /pm/ are easier to you, I suppose those are the most obvious ways for it to go. Andreas

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