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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/) |