In this chapter, we deal with the
alternants of morphemes when they occur with various kinds of
suffixes. Here we try to group and classify the rules on the
basis of processes they undergo.
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2.1.
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Manner
of Articulation
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2.1.1.
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Voicing
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| Rule
(1) changes the sound segments of voiceless series into
corresponding voiced series. |
| (1) |
[p] |
|
[b] |
|
|
[t] |
-> |
[d] |
/ v-v |
|
[k] |
|
[g] |
|
|
| Between
vowels sounds p, t and k become b, d _ and g. |
|
bip + a ®
biba ‘to (the) ferryboat’ |
|
snot
+ un ® sno um
‘pots’ |
|
cik + i
+ ya´ ® cigiya´ ‘in
one/someone’ |
Similar
change takes place when the voiceless alveolar fricative
occurs before d and g.
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aqpikadulca 
iloma
khanmo
CVCVC
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