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
- r is regularly unchanged within a compound.
- ns may become m.s" before c, m.s before t within clitic group.
- ns rarely becomes m.h. before p.
- Sibilants becomes h. if the
word-initial stop is followed by a sibilant. s is often unchanged within phonological phrase.
- When r deletes, preceding short vowel is lengthened.
- Final s is deleted before sibilant plus stop.
- Nasal from -nsis usually doubled after a short vowel.
- 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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