Alatir

Alatir vocabulary

rebracketing: comitative -es in similar is reanalysed a s aprefix on the following adjective, later becoming an intensifier:

meribs pėjyles myr > meribs pėjyl esmyr > meribs esmyr

Phonological History of Alatir

Ø > j/#_VCC

C[+syllabic] → iC[-syllabic]

w > v

{tr, rt} {dr, rd} → t͡ʃ d͡ʒ

KVr$ → KrV

CVr$ → CNV (where N has the same PoA as C) - r /remains as /r/ if the consonant is /h

VC: > V:C

{ʌ a}, i, u, o, ɔ >ɛ e ʏ ø œ/...e

{i e ɛ œ}V>jV

VNC(C) → VN: (mostly restricted to interrogative verbs)

V>Ø/_#! V = [+long], [+nasal] or when a result of the CVr>CNV change, or when following an approximant

h>ç/_$

NC>C/#_

FC[+plosive]>F:!#_

C[+plosive]F>F:!gF, rF, lF

u>ʏ

ɔʊ, o>u

ʌ ɔ>a

ɜ → e

ei → øvi

e > øʏ

eː → i

ɛ → e

VN$>Ṽ$ (in the paucal, word final nasals persisted)

j>Ø/_...j

pʰ bʰ tʰ dʰ kʰ gʰ sʰ → ps bz s z ks gz sː

{i e øʏ ʏ}→j{i e øʏ ʏ}/#_

{a(ː)ʊ au} ɛ(ː)ʊ e(ː)ʊ {i(ː)ʊ ʏ(ː)ʊ}→ oː œː øː yː

ɔʊ oʊ uʊ → ɜː ɵː ʉː

ʊ → u

hl hr → kl kr

t͡ɕ d͡ʑ→ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ

p → m/V_#

ã {ẽ ĩ œ̃} {ũ õ ɵ̃ ø̃ʏ̃ ʏ̃ } ɔ̃ → ɐ ɘ ɵ ɑ

ɑ → ɐ

ɐ ɘ ɵ → au iu ou

Vb → bV_#

Vk, Vg → kV, gV/_# ! K..._

Vl →lV/_# ! JV_

t d r → s z ʒ/_p, _b, _k, _g

{td}nC → nːC

kg → gː

C>Cʲ/_#, E[+long]_!C=C:

ʏː œː → iu

ø→ ɵ

VʰC → VːC

VçC → VkC

VʝC → VgC

aː {ɛː ɜː} {iː yː} → au eu iu

uː {oː ɔː ʌː} → ua oa

lʲ l̴ʲ {sʲ ʃʲ rʲ fʲ t͡ʃʲ} nʲ {zʲ vʲ d͡ʒʲ} → ʎ ʎː ɕ ɲ ʑ