Sandhi chart

Sandhi chart

Sandhi of word-final consonants. Column heads are the finals, row heads are initials.
      k n"s t. t ns p m  ay r  av s  as  âs 
pausa k  n" t. t n  p m  e  h. o  h. ah. âh. 
k(h)- k  n" t. t n  p n" e  x  o  x  ax  âx 
g(h)- g  n" d. d n  b n" e  r  o  r  o   â   
c(h)- k  n" t. c n~ p n~ e  s" o  s" as" âs"  
j     g  n" d. j n~ b n~ e  r  o  r  o   â  
t-    k  n" t. t n  p n  e  s  o  s  as  âs  
d(h)- g  n" d. d n  b n  e  r  o  r  o   â  
n-    n" n" n. n n  m n  e  r  o  r  o   â  
p(h)- k  n" t. t n  p m  e  f  o  f  af  âf 
b(h)- g  n" d. d n  b m  e  r  o  r  o   â  
m-    n" n" n. n n  m m  e  r  o  r  o   â  
y-    g  n" d. d n  b y~ e  r  o  r  o   â  
r-    g  n" d. d nn b m. e  Ø  o  Ø  o   â  
l-    g  n" d. l l~ b l~ e  r  o  r  o   â  
v-    g  n" d. d n  b v~ e  r  o  r  o   â   
s"-   k  n" t. c n~ p m. e  s" o  s" as" âs"
s.-   k  n" t. t n  p m. e  s. o  s. as. âs.  
s-    k  n" t. t n  p m. e  s  o  s  as  âs  
h-    g  n" d. d n  b m. e  r  o  r  o   â  
vowel g  n" d. d n  b m  a  r  av r  a   â  
  1. r is regularly unchanged within a compound.
  2. ns may become m.s" before c, m.s before t within clitic group.
  3. ns rarely becomes m.h. before p.
  4. Sibilants becomes h. if the word-initial stop is followed by a sibilant. s is often unchanged within phonological phrase.
  5. When r deletes, preceding short vowel is lengthened.
  6. Final s is deleted before sibilant plus stop.
  7. Nasal from -nsis usually doubled after a short vowel.
  8. After a long vowel, ns behaves like s/âs, but with nasalization of the vowel. Regularly so before a vowel, sometimes before an approximant.
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