Metathesis in Language 2.0

Ririo

Language Family
Austronesian
Subgroup
Malayo-Polynesian
Area
Solomon Islands

Summary

Many Babatana words have cognates in Ririo that show root-final CV metathesis. Note that some adjacent vowel pairs after metathesis also undergo coalescence.


Type(s) of metathesis

Type Status Optionality Position Location
a. CV Diachronic Obligatory Adjacent Root-internal, root-final

Case types and qualities

Examples

Comparison of Babatana and Ririo forms
pade ~ pèd  'house'
saqi ~ sèq  'bear young'
vato ~ vòt  'manner'
kasu ~ kòs  'areca nut'
qela ~ qial  'cry'
piru ~ piur  'wild'
rota ~ ruat  'vein'
bose ~ bues  'man'
vumi ~ vuim  'beard'


Conditions

No conditions could be found

Motivations

No motivations could be found

Symbols

Comments

Bibliography

  • Laycock, Don 1982. Metathesis in Austronesian: Ririo and other cases. Pacific Linguistics C-74:269-81.