User:Jomeara421/Ottawa Phonology

(from Nichols) (a) sh + p, t, k

(b) s + k

(c) mb, nd, nj, ng, ns, nzh (latter two = nasalization of previous vowel

(d) ns ? diminutive only (previous vowel nasal)

(e) C + w (except w, y, ch, j)

(f) a-c + w (shpw and shtw not recorded

(g)

Syncope[edit]

Need phonology and syllable structure ("essential")

Check HNAI 7 1981 for any comments on syncope; Val 1994, p. 149
Check HNAI 15 1978, p. 583, Pot weakening, p. 585-586 Pot-Ojibwe commonality; Val. 1994 p. 100
JRV 94, passing notes on Syncope, 174-175
Phonology 2001, p. 73-
Rhodes 76, comment on 130 re older speakers
Blfld 58
Kaye 1973 "Odawa stress and related phenomena" Piggot and Kaye, Odawa language project: Second report. U of T Dept of Anthro
Rhodes 85 (and review)

Consonants

Nasal Assimilation and Nasal Syllabification p. 73

Final Obstruent Consonant Devoicing p. 74

Syncope and Juxtaposition of Identical consonants p. 76

Syncope and the juxtaposition of non-identical consonants p. 78

Loss os segments and structural /w/ p. 82

Effects of vowel rounding on adjacent segments p. 83

Use of apostrophe with n, z, s p. 85

Palatalization p. 86

Glide deletion p. 88

Deletion of glottal stop p. 89

Vowels
Variation, a, i, o p. 89

Consonant clusters.