Re: Kash phonology I
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 28, 2001, 6:25 |
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Roger Mills wrote:
> 3. "e" mid front close [e] in open syllables; lower open [E] in closed
> syllables, before /r/, the NC, and stop+r clusters; so mesa ['mesa] 'one',
> keli ~ ket ['keli] ~ [kEt] 'six', lero ['lEro] 'day', engol ['ENgol] 'hull
> (boat)', cetre ['tSEtre] 'married', yendren ['jEndrEn] 'to spin'. Open
> syllable [E] in ende ['EndE] 'and then..., and so...' is an exception.
Sounds like words like _engol_ are actually syllabified as en-gol, /e/
having the allophone of closed syllables there. What is the
justification for considering those to be unitary? Can [mp] occur?
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