From c7b3fab34f6607c5fbd525023d8a1b9fc5be3172 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 22:40:57 +0700 Subject: Change Ravin -> Ravino to be consistent with morphology --- src/intro.md | 2 +- src/phonology/phonotactics.md | 21 ++++++++++++++------- 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, Rävna is actually Rävina, but since -i is unstressed, it disappears. In contrast, in Rävin, it can't -disappears since *Rävn would violate the constraint. +disappears. For example, Ravna is actually Ravina, but since +i is unstressed, it disappears. Final consonants are devoiced, unless there is no voiceless equivalent for the -consonant. Rävna is pronounced [ˈrɛːfna] but Rävin is /ˈrɛːvɨn/ +consonant. Ravna is pronounced [ˈraːfna] but Ravino 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: + +ravi (root) /ˈraːvɨ/ + ino /ʔino/ (human, person, people) +→ Ravino /raˈviːno/ + +(not *Ravi'ino /ˈraːvɨʔino/) -- cgit 1.4.1