The Veps morphophonological/twolc rules file

This file documents the phonology.twolc file

Alphabet, sets, definitions

Alphabet

The letters

• a b d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s š t u v z ž ü ä ö
• A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S Š T U V Z Ž Ü Ä Ö
• š ž y
• Š Ž Y
• ʼ = U+02BC MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE
• ’ = U+0027 APOSTROPHE

Archiphonemes

• %{eØ%}:e vowel loss in oiged:oiktan
• %{uØ%}:u vowel loss in sapug:sapkan
• %{iØ%}:i vowel loss in paltin:paltnan
• %{aØ%}:a vowel loss in samal:samlan
• %{oØ%}:o vowel loss in zerkol:zerklon
• AÄ1:a Vowel harmony with “(t)a/ä”
• AÄ1:ä Vowel harmony with “(t)a/ä”

• AÄ1:0 Vowel harmony with 0

• OÖ1:o

• OÖ1:ö

• UY1:u

• UY1:ü

• V1:a
• V1:e
• V1:i
• V1:o
• V1:u
• V1:ü
• V1:ä

• V1:ö

• V2:a
• V2:e
• V2:i
• V2:o
• V2:u
• V2:ü
• V2:ä

• V2:ö

• V3:a
• V3:e
• V3:i
• V3:o
• V3:u
• V3:ü
• V3:ä
• V3:ö

• V3:0

• %^RmVow:0 for removing vowels
• AO1:0
• A1:0
• D1:0
• E1:0
• EH1:0
• EI1:0
• I1:0
• INE1:0
• QAO1:0
• QAO1:a
• QAQ1:0
• QEQ1:0
• QÄQ1:0
• U1:0
• ZD1:0
• ZD1:0
• ZS1:0

• ZS1:0

• %^DEVOICE:0 vezi:vet; pen’:pen’t

• %^PEN:0 Control final vs penultimate

• K1:k

• %^NoGrad:0 This will be placed after a stem to break Gradation

• %^WGStem:0

• %^TS:0

• %^RVow:0

• %- Hyphen in constructions
• %>

• Word boundary for both lexicalised and dynamic compounds

• Cx these are probably not needed
• Cy
• X
• Y

Triggers

• %^LVow:0
• %^LCns:0
• %^WCns:0
• %^AtoO:0
• %^ÄtoÖ:0
• %^OddSyll:0
• %^StretchSyll2:0
• %^SyllBr:0
• %^E1:0

sets

• VowBack = a o u ;
• VowFront = ä ö y ü ;
• VowNeutral = e i ;
• VowNonHigh = a o ä ö e ;
• Vow = a o u ä ö y ü e i ;
• Cns = b d f g h j k l m n p r s š t v z ž ;
• CnsVoiceless = f h k p s š t ;
• Letters = Vow Cns ;

Definitions

Front Trigger

Back Trigger

Short vowel

Inessive lengthening of vowel

Right context for gradation

Rules

Vowel change

RULE: StemVowLoss before i = StemVowLoss before i

• oiged^PEN^DEVOICE^RmVow^DEVOICEa>n
• oik0t0000a>n

RULE: Stem-internal vowel loss = Stem-internal vowel loss

RULE: QAO1 Sg Rule =

RULE: QAO1 Pl Rule =

• nado>hV1

• nado>ho

• marja>hV1
• marja>ha

vowel loss vauged: vauktan

Consonant change

devoicing of adjecent stops vauged: vauktan oiged+A+Sg+Gen: right/oikea

• oiged^PEN^DEVOICE^RmVow^DEVOICEa>n
• oik0t0000a>n

devoice fricatives z:s pesta+V+Inf: wash/pestä

• pez^DEVOICE>ta
• pes0>ta

d:z in vodes, voziš

’:0 before front vowels

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