Database

Tubatulabal

(South Central California; Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan)

Summary:
The consonant h metathesizes with a following word-final glide.

Examples:

ponihwiN

'of the skunk'

poniwh

'the skunk'

ha?ayahli

'the trout (obj.)'

ha?ayall

'the trout (subj.)'

tsohni?iN

'my gray fish'

tsonn

'his gray fish'

Conditions:
No information currently available.

Motivation:
No information currently available.

Related Information:
/h/ assimilates to a following liquid or nasal.

/ha?ayahl/ --> [ha?ayall] 'the trout (subj.)'
/tsohn/ --> [tsonn] 'his gray fish'

Symbols:
N = velar nasal
? = voiceless glottal stop

Last Updated: 6/19/2007

References:

Semiloff-Zelasko, Holly. 1973. Glide Metatheses. OSUWPL 14. 66-76.
Voegelin, C. 1934. Tübatulabal grammar. Univ. of California Publication in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34.