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authorNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-10-28 22:40:57 +0700
committerNgô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>2021-10-28 22:40:57 +0700
commitc7b3fab34f6607c5fbd525023d8a1b9fc5be3172 (patch)
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downloadravna-c7b3fab34f6607c5fbd525023d8a1b9fc5be3172.tar.gz
Change Ravin -> Ravino to be consistent with morphology
-rw-r--r--src/intro.md2
-rw-r--r--src/phonology/phonotactics.md21
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/intro.md b/src/intro.md
index b91f821..f5a054b 100644
--- a/src/intro.md
+++ b/src/intro.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Introduction
 
-Ravna is the native langauge of Ravin people, a tribe in Woodsland.  It is also
+Ravna is the native langauge of Ravino people, a tribe in Woodsland.  It is also
 used as a lingua franca among neighbour tribes.
diff --git a/src/phonology/phonotactics.md b/src/phonology/phonotactics.md
index d559967..b496f3e 100644
--- a/src/phonology/phonotactics.md
+++ b/src/phonology/phonotactics.md
@@ -4,16 +4,23 @@
 
 The common syllable structure in Ravna is CV(C).
 
-The final consonants cannot be glottal.  Glottal stop can only occurs
-word-initial, which means it's omitted in compound word or if the word is
-affixed.
+The final consonants cannot be glottal.
 
 ## Other constraints
 
 The vowel /ɨ/ can only occur where the syllable constraint forbid it to
-disappears.  For example, <i>Rävna</i> is actually <i>Rävina</i>, but since
-<i>i</i> is unstressed, it disappears.  In contrast, in <i>Rävin</i>, it can't
-disappears since <i>*Rävn</i> would violate the constraint.
+disappears.  For example, <i>Ravna</i> is actually <i>Ravina</i>, but since
+<i>i</i> is unstressed, it disappears.
 
 Final consonants are devoiced, unless there is no voiceless equivalent for the
-consonant.  <i>Rävna</i> is pronounced [ˈrɛːfna] but <i>Rävin</i> is /ˈrɛːvɨn/
+consonant.  <i>Ravna</i> is pronounced [ˈraːfna] but <i>Ravino</i> is /raˈviːno/.
+
+Glottal stop /ʔ/ also disappears when a compound/suffixed word forms with two
+same vowels colliding, or when a consonant is followed by a vowel.
+
+Example:
+
+<i>ravi</i> (root) /ˈraːvɨ/ + <i>ino</i> /ʔino/ (human, person, people)
+→ <i>Ravino</i> /raˈviːno/
+
+(not <i>*Ravi'ino</i> /ˈraːvɨʔino/)