Lexurgy SC

Example Sound Changes

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Input Words

Sound ChangesLine 1

Feature type(*cons, vowel)

Feature place(bilabial, alveolar, velar, glottal)
Feature manner(stop, fricative, nasal, lateral)

Feature height(low, mid, high)
Feature frontness(front, central, back)

Feature stress(*unstressed, secondary, primary)

Diacritic ˈ [primary]
Diacritic ˌ [secondary]

Symbol a [low central vowel]
Symbol e [mid front vowel]
Symbol i [high front vowel]
Symbol o [mid back vowel]
Symbol u [high back vowel]

Class stop {p, t, k}
Class sonorant {m, n, l}

Deromanizer:
 ' => ʔ

primary-stress-second-last-syllable [vowel]:
 [] => [primary] / _ [] $

add-secondary-stress [vowel] propagate:
 # Applies secondary stress to alternating vowels before the main stress
 [unstressed] => [secondary] / _ [] {[primary], [secondary]}

Romanizer-before-syncope:
 unchanged

syncope:
 [unstressed vowel] => * // _ $
 Then:
 # Secondary stress has served its purpose
 [secondary] => [unstressed]

glottal-loss:
 ʔ => * / {[cons] _, _ [cons]}

stop-stop-clusters:
 @stop => * / $ _ @stop
 @stop => $1 / _ @stop$1

obey-sonority:
 @sonorant$1 @stop$2 => $2 $1 / $ _

Romanizer:
 # Get rid of the stress marks, since stress is still predictable
 [primary] => [unstressed]

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