Kypchak rounding harmony: Difference between revisions

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In one dialect of Kyrgyz, there's an asymmetry in the system of vowel-rounding harmony.

In Kazakh, the roundness feature was lost on non-first syllables (except for with so-called long vowels), but rounding harmony makes up for this:

Examples of rounding harmony working:

Examples of rounding harmony not working:

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-In Kazakh and Kyrgyz, there's an asymmetry in the system of vowel-rounding harmony.
+In one dialect of Kyrgyz, there's an asymmetry in the system of vowel-rounding harmony.
+== Kazakh ==
 In Kazakh, the roundness feature was lost on non-first syllables (except for with so-called long vowels), but rounding harmony makes up for this:
-* *bügün > /bügin/ (modern orthographic/underlying form)
+* */bu/+/kün/ > */bügün/
+* */bügün/ > /bügin/ (modern orthographic/underlying form)
 * /bügin/ > [bügün] (rounding harmony creates modern spoken form)
-* /büginge/ > [bügüngö]
 Examples of rounding harmony working:
 * /jüremin/ [jürömün]
 * /köremin/ [körömün]
-* /soramın/ ??[soromun]
 * /sordım/ [sordum]
 * /buldım/ [buldum]
 Examples of rounding harmony not working:
 * /turamın/ [turamın]
 * /bulamın/ [bulamın]
+* /soramın/ [soramın] (Kg: ?[soromun])
+== Kyrgyz ==
+* V > [+rd] / V<sub>[+rd]</sub> C<sub>∅</sub> __
+* '''except not''' a > o / u C<sub>∅</sub> __