en:grammar:phonology_and_spelling
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| Though they would be allowed by the rules listed above, the consonant combinations **ry, sy, ty** are avoided in Lugamun. Instead the semivowel is replaced by the corresponding vowel **i** in such cases (**ri, si, ti**), for example in **nasion** ' | Though they would be allowed by the rules listed above, the consonant combinations **ry, sy, ty** are avoided in Lugamun. Instead the semivowel is replaced by the corresponding vowel **i** in such cases (**ri, si, ti**), for example in **nasion** ' | ||
| - | //Notes:// | + | Within roots, a diphthong is never immediately followed by another vowel; in cases where this might be an option, the second part of the diphthong is instead replaced with the corresponding semivowel. For example, the Arabic numeral أَوَّل (ʾawwal) is adapted as **aval** |
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| * The specific set of consonants allowed to end a syllable was chosen on the basis of our source languages. Only consonants that commonly occur in a word-final position in at least half of them were accepted, with the further requirement that at least two of the source language that allow them must be non-Indo-European. The latter restriction was motivated by the fact that Indo-European languages tend to be much more generous in the set of final consonants they accept than other languages, at least among our sources. As Japanese, Mandarin, and Swahili are particularly restrictive regarding final consonants, the practical result is that the final consonants that commonly occur in both Arabic and Indonesian are allowed in our phonology as well. | * The specific set of consonants allowed to end a syllable was chosen on the basis of our source languages. Only consonants that commonly occur in a word-final position in at least half of them were accepted, with the further requirement that at least two of the source language that allow them must be non-Indo-European. The latter restriction was motivated by the fact that Indo-European languages tend to be much more generous in the set of final consonants they accept than other languages, at least among our sources. As Japanese, Mandarin, and Swahili are particularly restrictive regarding final consonants, the practical result is that the final consonants that commonly occur in both Arabic and Indonesian are allowed in our phonology as well. | ||
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