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Dirnang: Phrasal Phonology
The previous chapter dealt with the phonology of words, but the accentual phrase is also an important phonological unit in Dirnang, characterised by final stress, non-final reduction, and sandhi-based schwa deletion. The Domain The domain of these processes is the accentual phrase (AP), which largely aligns with many smaller syntactic phrases. The preference tends to…
Dirnang: Phonology of the Word
Consonant Phonemes The consonant phonemes of Dirnang are given in this table. Manner Peripheral Coronal Bilabial Velar Apical Laminal Plain Rounded Plain Rounded Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Voiceless Obstruent p pʷ k kʷ t ʈ c Prenasalised Obstruent ᵐb ᵐbʷ ⁿg ⁿgʷ ⁿd ⁿɖ ⁿɟ Nasal m mʷ ŋ n ɳ ɲ Lateral l ɭ ʎ…
Dirnang Verb Phrase Structure
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