History: Morphology: consonants

Source of version: 2 (current)

An __initial__ is empty or one of the following single consonants or clusters, in any case not followed by another consonant: || | |r |l |c|cr|cl|s|sr|sl| | | | |j|-|-|z|-|- | |f|fr|fl|cf|cfr|cfl|sf|sfr|sfl| |v|vr|vl|jv|jvr|jvl|zv|zvr|zvl| |p|pr|pl|cp|cpr|cpl|sp|spr|spl| |b|br|bl|jb|jbr|jbl|zb|zbr|zbl| |k|kr|kl|ck|ckr|ckl|sk|skr|skl| |g|gr|gl|jg|jgr|jgl|zg|zgr|zgl| |t|tr|-|ct|ctr|-|st|str|-| |d|dr|-|jd|jdr|-|zd|zdr|-| |x|xr|xl|-|-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-| |m|mr|ml|cm|cmr|cml|sm|smr|sml| | | | |jm|jmr|jml|zm|zmr|zml| |n|-|-|cn|-|-|sn|-|-| | | | |-|-|-|-|-|-| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | |tc| | |ts| | | | | | |dj| | |dz| | | || There are in all 102 possible initials, including the empty one. An __initial-pair__ is an initial cluster that consist of exactly two consonants. An __affricate__ pair is one of __tc__, __ts__, __dj__, __dz__. A __consonant__ is a __voiced__ consonant, an __unvoiced__ consonant or a __syllabic__ consonant. A __voiced__ consonant is one of __b__, __d__, __g__, __j__, __v__, __z__. An __unvoiced__ consonant is one of __c__, __f__, __k__, __p__, __s__, __t__, __x__. A __syllabic__ consonant is one of __l__, __m__, __n__, __r__. __l__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'l' or 'L', not followed by __h__ or __l__. __m__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'm' or 'M', not followed by __h__ or __m__ or __z__. __n__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'n' or 'N', not followed by __h__ or __n__ or an __affricate__. __r__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'r' or 'R'.not followed by __h__ or __r__. __f__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'f' or 'F', not followed by __h__ or __f__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __p__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'p' or 'P', not followed by __p__ or __P__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __t__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 't' or 'T', not followed by __h__ or __t__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __k__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'k' or 'K', not followed by __h__ or __k__ or __x__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __x__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'x' or 'X', not followed by __h__ or __x__ or __k__ or __c__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __c__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'c' or 'C', not followed by __h__ or __c__ or __s__ or __x__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __s__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 's' or 'S', not followed by __h__ or __s__ or __c__ or any __voiced__ consonant. __j__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'j' or 'J', not followed by __h__ or __j__ or __z__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __z__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'z' or 'Z', not followed by __h__ or __z__ or __j__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __b__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'b' or 'B', not followed by __h__ or __b__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __d__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'd' or 'D', not followed by __h__ or __d__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __g__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'g' or 'G', not followed by __h__ or __g__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __v__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and 'v' or 'V', not followed by __h__ or __v__ or any __unvoiced__ consonant. __h__ is zero or more ((Morphology: special characters|commas)) and ' ' ' or 'h', followed by a ((Morphology: syllables| nucleus)).