Katang

katang vocabulary

=Phonology=

Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)

Prosody
Katang has a stress accent which falls on the final syllable in words with no nasal(ised) consonant. In words which do have a nasal(ised) consonant then the stress shifts to the leftmost syllable containing a nasal(ised) consonant.

Allophony

 * 1) Non-prenasalised stops [p b t d k g] assimilate in voice to the following non-nasal consonant other than a resonant.
 * 2) [m] merges with [β̞] in clusters to become [β̞ː].
 * 3) [j] becomes [e̯] after [a].
 * 4) The vowels [i a] become lax [ɨ ə] when unstressed.
 * 5) [i ŋ ŋg k g ŋɣ x] become rounded [y ŋʷ ŋgʷ kʷ gʷ ŋɣʷ xʷ] before a bilabial consonant.
 * 6) Prenasalised plosives become non-prenasalised after another plosive. [nz ŋɣ] become [s x].
 * 7) The nasals [m n ŋ ŋʷ] become non-nasal [β̞ ɾ j w] after resonants.
 * 8) [a] becomes [ɜ] before [ŋ].
 * 9) Front vowels [i y] become central [ɨ ʉ] before a resonant.
 * 10) Velar plosives and nasals become rounded before [y w].
 * 11) Velar consonants other than [w] become uvular before [ə].
 * 12) Voiceless stops becomes aspirated after [h].
 * 13) The vowels [y a ɨ] become nasal [ỹ ã ɨ̃] before a nasal(ised) consonant.
 * 14) The vowels [i ɨ ɜ] become rounded [y ʉ ɞ] before a resonant.
 * 15) [h] becomes [x] before a plosive or nasal.
 * 16) Voiceless stops assimilate in aspiration with following consonants and become aspirated word finally.
 * 17) Velar plosives and nasals assimilate in uvularality  with following consonants.
 * 18) [h] is dropped between a vowel and resonant (or vice versa).
 * 19) [n] and [ɾ] in a cluster merge into [ɾ:]