Sangi/Phonological Proccesses at Morpheme Boundaries

Phonological Processes at CC morpheme boundaries
These changes can occur at word boundaries, also, if a final epenthetic vowel is removed or does not occur. In the cases where only one consonant is formed the punctuation mark ` is used in place of ’ to represent that 2 final sounds are missing. This process only occurs in certain styles of writing, but more regularly in speech. The only ones which are never used at word boundaries are the ones such as “mp>mm” which are dependent on the second sound over the first (go across, not down on the table).

In consonant combinations of -r+dental- the dental consonant is made retroflex while the -r- disappears. If an “r” occurs before a retroflex consonant it also becomes retroflex while remaining intact. This feature is also expanded to suffixes of this structure and is quite common, almost obligatory for most people. There are also a set of sound changes which occur with retroflex consonants and plain alveolars. When a retroflex precedes and alveolar, the alvelor becomes retroflex and the same pattern of changes occurs as with plain alveolar combinations, e.g. t.+n = t.+n. = n.n.. The same patterns also occur in retroflex-retroflex combinations, e.g. t.+z. = t.s.. In these changes, a retroflex "r" is preserved, as no process of retroflex creation can occur. The processes are more complex, however, when alveolar consonants precede retroflex ones. The retroflex consonants tend to become the "palatal" equivalent or the alveolar one plus the sound "i".

Epenthesis
Epenthesis: When a vowel follows another vowel and does not form an allowable diphthong then a consonant is inserted between them. An “h” [x/ç] is placed before “e” which becomes “ę” at the end of a word, and "j" precedes front vowels and "w" precedes back vowels". When a consonant follows another and cannot be put together in the above to ways, then a vowel is inserted between them. A “e” is placed between like consonants, and “i” is placed after labials, an “a” is placed after dentals and an “e” is placed after velars.

Examples of Epethesis:

i+a > ira “I hit”