Metathesis in Language 2.0

Kashmiri

Language Family
Indo-European
Subgroup
Indo-Aryan, Dardic
Area

Summary

Metathesis interacts with epenthesis to eliminate consonant clusters.


Metathesis takes place between non-adjacent consonants as a form of variation.


Type(s) of metathesis

Type Status Optionality Position Location
a. CV Synchronic Obligatory Adjacent Root-internal
b. CC Synchronic Optional Non-adjacent Root-internal

Case types and qualities

Examples

prazna:va:n → parzna:va:n → parzina:va:n 'to recognize'


ruva:ŋan ~ ruŋa:van 'tomato'
aldɪbadal ~ adlɪbadal 'one for the other'
imtiha:n ~ intiha:m 'examination'


Conditions

No conditions could be found

Motivations

No motivations could be found

Symbols

Comments

Note that the authors seem to consider the second case of metathesis "a type of speech error" and "a common feature of child phonology".

Bibliography

Kak, Aadil A., Oveesa F. Panzoo, and Nazima Mehdi. 2008. Phonological Variation in Srinagar Variety of Kashmiri. Nepalese Linguistics 23: 116-25.