Database
Turkana
(Northwest Kenya; Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic)
Summary:
Initial consonants of a sequence of two syllables within a word may metathesize in fast speech.
Summary:
Initial consonants of a sequence of two syllables within a word may metathesize in fast speech.
Examples:
a-kE'mE'r-a
‘mole’ (preferred form)
Na-kE'rE'm-a
Ni-kwaNO'rOmOk-a'
kind of tree (preferred form)
Ni-kwaNOmOrOk-a'
Conditions:
a. Metathesizing consonants share in common the basic phonological feature ‘sonorant’ or ‘obstruent’.
b. Metathesizing consonants are followed by identical vowels.
a. Metathesizing consonants share in common the basic phonological feature ‘sonorant’ or ‘obstruent’.
b. Metathesizing consonants are followed by identical vowels.
Motivation:
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Related Information:
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Symbols:
E = mid front unrounded lax vowel
N = velar nasal
O = mid back rounded vowel ('open o')
V' = The syllable to which the vowel with the mark ' belongs has low tone.
(The syllable to which the vowel without the mark ' belongs has high tone.)
Last Updated: 6/19/2007
E = mid front unrounded lax vowel
N = velar nasal
O = mid back rounded vowel ('open o')
V' = The syllable to which the vowel with the mark ' belongs has low tone.
(The syllable to which the vowel without the mark ' belongs has high tone.)
Last Updated: 6/19/2007
References:
- Dimmendaal, G. J. 1983. The Turkana Language. Foris Publications. Dordrecht.
