Maliløri

Maliløri Period

This period covers the changes between Malelweri and Maliløri up until the 4th Century BR.

The vowels /ɔ/ and /ɛ/ merge with /o/ and /e/: Mw áro [árɔ] "bird" → Mri ro [ro] Loss of word initial /a/ and /a:/: Mw ayósfa [àjɔ́sfa] "shore, coast" → Mri yósəfa [jósəfa] Disyllabic words that began with /a/ followed by a /m, n, r, s, l/ followed by a consonant syllabified the first consonant: Mw àldra [àldra] "candle" → Mri ldəra [l̩dəra] Multisyllabic words that began with /a/ followed by /m, n, r, s, l/ dropped the  /n, r, s, l/  also: Mw artódo [àrtɔ́dɔ] "guilt" → Mri tódo [tódo] "guilt" Words that began with /a/ followed by a consonant followed by /m, n, r, s, l/  syllabified the second consonant: Mw atnásu [atnásu] "happy" → Mri tnásu [tn̩ásu] Word final long vowels become overlong: Mw àrstā [àrstaː] "I return something" → Mri rstâ [r̩staːː] The sequences /xV/ and /ɣV/ become /a/, when the vowel is round they become /o/: Mw aghúlva [àɣúlva] "personal space" → Mri ṓləva [óləva] "aggression" The sequence /Vx/ and /Vɣ/ become /a:/, when the vowel is round they become /o:/: Mw älgígha [ɶ̀lgíɣa] "flock" → Mri älgṓ [ɶ̀lgóː] Two vowels in hiatus merge into one long vowel,with the second vowel merging with the first: Mw arwóe [arwɔ́ɛ] "to sieze" → Mri rwṓ [r̩wóː] Epenthesis of /ə/ between non-syllabic sonorants and consonants: Mw aválbo [àválbɔ] "shedded skin" → Mri váləbo [váləbo] "down, loose feather" The affricate /d͡ʒ/ and the fricative /ʃ/ become the clusters /dj/ and /sj/: Mw mája [mád͡ʒa] "buzzard" → Mri mádya [mádja] When /d͡ʒ/ and /ʃ/ occur before a consonant they become /di/ and /si/ instead: Mw ànṡcu [ànʃku] "blizzard" → Mri ànsicu [ànsiku]

Summary of Maliløri sound changes: ɔ, ɛ→o, e

aː, a→∅/#_

m, n, s, l, r→m̩, n̩, s̩, l̩, r̩/#_C,#C_

Vː→Vːː

xV, ɣV→a, o

Vx, Vɣ→aː, oː

V1V2→V1ː

mC, nC, sC, lC, rC→məC, nəC, səC, ləC, rəC

d͡ʒ, {ʃ t͡ʃ}→di, si/_C

d͡ʒ, {ʃ t͡ʃ}→dj, sj