Turkic Sonority Constraints
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Kazakh
General Effects
Further effects of nasals
| morpheme | /V+/ | /r+/ | /l+/ | /j+/ | /w+/ | /n+/ | /m+/ | /ŋ+/ | C [+voice] | C [-voice] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -mA(neg) | m | m | m | m | m | b | b | b | b | p |
| -mA(Q) | m | m | m | m | m | b | b | b | b | p |
| -mA(nom) | b | |||||||||
| -mAK | m | m | m | m | m | b | b | b | b | p |
| -mIz | m | m | m | m | m? | b | b | b | b | p |
| -mIn | m | m | m | m | m? | m | m | m | b | p |
| -men | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | b | p |
Kyrgyz
| morpheme | /V+/ | /r+/ | /j+/ | /l+/ | /w+/ | /n+/ | /m+/ | /ŋ+/ | C [+voice] | C [-voice] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -NI(acc) | n | d | d | d | d | t | ||||
| -lAr(pl) | l | l | l | d | d | t |
- The morpheme *-MI has become -bI in Kyrgyz
Bibliography
- Ахматов Т. К., Давлетов С. А., Жапаров Ш. Ж., Захарова О. В. 1975. Киргизский Язык. Фрунзе: Мектеп.
