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There's far more to this glottalization scheme than I realized! After analyzing a series of songs, dialogues, and other miscellaneous recordings, I've been able to generalize the rule I formulated in my previous thread and get a rough idea of the environment to which it applies. https://twitter.com/adam_farris1/status/1243015371751211011
From the data I observed, it looks like the extent of applicability varies greatly throughout the colloquial register - for purposes herein, I propose three different subregisters, formal/honorific-colloquial (FHC), conversational-colloquial (CC), and vulgar-colloquial (VC).
Let's start with VC (certain songs and comedic sketches).
Rule 1. [-Vt# -Vk# -Vp#] > [-ṼʔN̩#] - Word-final, unvoiced stops (denoted by P from now on) are glottalized (preceding -V is often nasalized) and followed by homorganic nasal phonation- in all environments, EXCEPT ...
Rule 1. [-Vt# -Vk# -Vp#] > [-ṼʔN̩#] - Word-final, unvoiced stops (denoted by P from now on) are glottalized (preceding -V is often nasalized) and followed by homorganic nasal phonation- in all environments, EXCEPT ...
Rule 1a. [-VP1#___#P1] > [-Vʔ#___#P1] - When gemination occurs across word boundaries, P1 is glottalized although nasal phonation is never sounded and the preceding vowel is never nasalized.
e.g. ⟨rahasak kīwwa⟩ >rahasaʔ kīwwa 'secret-IND tell-PST'
e.g. ⟨rahasak kīwwa⟩ >rahasaʔ kīwwa 'secret-IND tell-PST'
Rule 2. [-VP1 P1-] > [-Ṽʔᴺ̩¹ P1-] - For geminates occurring within words, the first stop gets glottalized although the nasal release is much weaker. The vowel preceding the first member is nasalized.
e.g. ⟨duppat⟩ > dũʔᵐpãʔn̩ 'poor' (notice Rule 1 also applies here)
e.g. ⟨duppat⟩ > dũʔᵐpãʔn̩ 'poor' (notice Rule 1 also applies here)
Exceptional VC processes requiring further study:
1. The reappearance of glottalized "ghost" consonants in certain environments:
e. g. ⟨kaⁿduḷut ekka⟩ > kaⁿduḷũʔn̩-(t)-ẽʔᵑka? 'tear-PL along with' (Rule 2 also applies)
1. The reappearance of glottalized "ghost" consonants in certain environments:
e. g. ⟨kaⁿduḷut ekka⟩ > kaⁿduḷũʔn̩-(t)-ẽʔᵑka? 'tear-PL along with' (Rule 2 also applies)
2. Initial syllable glottalization causes medial w elision and ghost stop:
⟨ekwuṇu⟩ > ẽʔŋ̍-(k)-uṇu?
Thoughts?
I'll cover the rest (FHC and CC) on my blog. This thread is already getting way too long!
⟨ekwuṇu⟩ > ẽʔŋ̍-(k)-uṇu?
Thoughts?
I'll cover the rest (FHC and CC) on my blog. This thread is already getting way too long!
