CONTENTS 



Page 



1 . Introductory 1 



2-23. Phonetics 4 



2. Tableof sounds 4 



3. Vowels 4 



4. Consonants 5 



5. Consonantic clusters 5 



6-8. Phonetic processes, vowels 6 



6. Nasalized vowels 6 



7. Contraction 6 



8. Glides 10 



9-22. Phonetic processes, consonants 11 



9. Effect of nasalized vowel 11 



10. Effect of o, u and ■q upon y 11 



11. Terminal consonants of cvc verbs 11 



12. Compounds 13 



13. Doubled consonants 13 



14-18. Relation between k and c 13 



14. Comparative notes 13 



15. Influence of a changed to e upon k sounds 14 



16. k in neutral and active verbs 14 



17. Influence of prefix i 15 



18. Influence of the demonstratives e, le, he 16 



19. Peculiarities of western dialects 16 



20. Relations between z, s: i, s; and g, h, 16 



21. Relations between vowels 18 



22. Irregular phonetic changes 19 



23. Accent 21 



24-171. Morphology and syntax 23 



24-29. Stems..." 23 



24. Introductory 23 



25-28. Verbal stems 25 



25. Introductory 25 



26. Stems with terminal consonant, cvc 26 



27. Verbs of the type cv 26 



28. Verbs of the type cvcv 26 



29. Nominal stems 28 



30-35. Change of terminal a to e or j 29 



30. Conditions under which a changes to e or {' 29 



31. Verbs that do not change terminal a 30 



32. Verbs of the types cv and cvcv 31 



33. Verbs of the types cq and cvcq 32 



34. Nouns changing a to e in possessive form 32 



35. Nominalized verbs 33 



36. Nouns in e changing too 34 



37. Loss of terminal a or e 34 



38. Reduplication 36 



39-70. Structure of the theme 39 



39-44. Locative prefixes 39 



39. Introductory 39 



40. 'a- on, added, more 39 



41. 'c~ within a restricted area, in 40 



42. 'i- against, in reference to, by means of 41 



43. Combinations of locatives 43 



44. Locatives transforming neutral into active verbs 45 



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