Re: An Introduction to C'ali: Phonology

Thomas R. Wier sikyal:

> C'ali's consonant inventory is very similar to Phaleran in some
> respects.
Are C'ali and Phaleran related? Did you said this and I missed it?

> C'ali never lost the distinction between alveolar and dental
> stops /t[/ and /t/ (the former in Phaleran becoming an
> interdental fricative).
(This rather strongly implies that they are sister languages.)

> The only real oddity is that C'ali distinguishes between
> aspirated and unaspirated glottalized stops;
I will second Dirk in saying that I find this unlikely and nearly
impossible to pronounce.  The best I can come is to say [t'h], with the
aspiration distinctly after the glottal release and not directly contected
with it.

> Some phonological rules:
>
>  [-voice, +obstruent] --> C' / _? (i.e., becomes glottalized)
Based on your comments on syllable structure, I assume that the C and the
[?] are in different syllables, e.g. VC$?V > V$C'V (where $ marks the
syllable boundary). Is this correct?

Ugh.  I feel like I was just pointing out the obvious in my comments, but
these were the questions I had reading this.  My brain is slow today.

Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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