Metathesis in Language 2.0

Hiliganyon

Language Family
Austronesian
Subgroup
Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine
Area
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Summary

When the loss of an unstressed vowel in the stem-final syllable brings two consonants together, these consonants may undergo metathesis.

Type(s) of metathesis

Type Status Optionality Position Location
a. CC Synchronic Obligatory Adjacent Root-final

Case types and qualities

Examples

a.nm --> mn
inom - on > imnon > *inmon > ‘to drink something’
tanom - an > tamnan > *tanman > ‘to plant a field’

b. ld --> dl
sulod - an > sudlan > *suldan > ‘to enter a place’

c. ls --> sl
qilis - an > qislan > *qilsan > ‘to change a thing’
balos - an > baslan > *balsan > ‘to repay’

Conditions

The loss of the vowel in the stem-final syllable triggered by suffixation conditions metathesis.
inom - on > imnon > *inmon > ‘to drink something’
sulod - an > sudlan > *suldan > ‘to enter a place’

Motivations

No motivations could be found

Symbols

' : stress marker (The syllable after this marker is stressed.)

Comments

Bibliography

  • Wolfenden, Elmer. 1971. Hiligaynon Reference Grammar. University of Hawaii Press, Manoa.