Database
Quechua (Ayacucho)
(Southwestern Ayacucho region, Peru; Quechuan)
Summary:
a. Two adjacent obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
b. Two non-adjaecnt obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
Summary:
a. Two adjacent obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
b. Two non-adjaecnt obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
Examples:
a. Metathesis of adjacent consonants
tapsi- ~ taspi- 'to shake'
warma ~ wamra 'boy, girl'
b. Metathesis of non-adjacent consonants
Cimqi- ~ qimCi- 'to blink, wink'
yuraq ~ ruyaq 'white'
a. Metathesis of adjacent consonants
tapsi- ~ taspi- 'to shake'
warma ~ wamra 'boy, girl'
b. Metathesis of non-adjacent consonants
Cimqi- ~ qimCi- 'to blink, wink'
yuraq ~ ruyaq 'white'
Conditions:
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Motivation:
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Symbols:
a. Consonants: /p, b, t, d, C, k, g, f, s, h, q, m, n, N, l, L, r, R, w, y/
/b, d, g, f/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.
C = voiceless palatal stop
N = palatal nasal
L = palatal lateral
r = flap
R = palatal retroflex spirant
b. Vowels: /i, e, u, o, a/
/e, o/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.
c. Stress Stress regularly falls on the penultimate syllable of a word. It may fall on the final syllable of a word.
Last Updated: 6/18/2007
a. Consonants: /p, b, t, d, C, k, g, f, s, h, q, m, n, N, l, L, r, R, w, y/
/b, d, g, f/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.
C = voiceless palatal stop
N = palatal nasal
L = palatal lateral
r = flap
R = palatal retroflex spirant
b. Vowels: /i, e, u, o, a/
/e, o/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.
c. Stress Stress regularly falls on the penultimate syllable of a word. It may fall on the final syllable of a word.
Last Updated: 6/18/2007
References:
- Parker, Gary John. 1969. Ayacucho Quechua Grammar and Dictionary. Mouton: The Hague.
