Minhast

Overview

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= Basic Grammar =

Syllabic Structure and Phonemic Interactions
Minhast words are subject to complex morphophonemic changes resulting from interactions with other morphemes occuring in the word. The verb is particularly complex in the various sound changes that may occur as a result of noun incorporation as well as the aggluginative processes involved in conjugation or             other inflectional processes. These phonemic changes can be broken down according to the following classifications:
 * 1) Assimilation
 * 2) Metathesis
 * 3) Syncope
 * 4) Epenthesis
 * 5) Voicing/Devoicing

These complex morphophonemic interactions operate according to the general phonological principals outlined below:
 * 1)                     No syllable can have a consonant cluster of more than two consonants.  Syncope can be applied                     only if a biconsonantal cluster is formed, and the vowel is not a part of a heavy syllable (i.e.                     the vowel is long, or it occurs in a VCC sequence).
 * 2) No Minhast word can have an initial consonant cluster. After any initial consonant cluster                      results from one or more of the possible morphophonemic alternations described below, an epenthetic                                            is automatically appended to the head of the word to form the permissible iCC- pattern.
 * 3)                      An epenthetic vowel is always inserted between two syllables if combining the syllables                      results in a triconsonantal cluster.  The default epenthetic vowel is                     ,                      but the other 3 vowels may also be used, depending on multiple factors (e.g. vowel harmony, an                      underlying quiescent initial vowel as part of the attached morpheme, etc.)
 * 4)                      Minhast has a strong tendency to form intermedial clusters, either                       or                     ,                      providing that Rules #1-#3 are observed.  If necessary, an epenthetic vowel may be                      added before or after the syllable to create these syllabic patterns, e.g.
 * 5)                       The tendency to form intermedial consonant clusters creates complex                       assimilation interactions that nevertheless are predictable and almost                       always regular.  These interactions are illustrated in Table X below:


 * 1) adsf

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