CONTENTS 



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Introduction 303 



§ 1. Distribution and history 305 



§§2-14. Phonology 306 



§2. Vowels 306 



§ 3. Consonants 306 



§ 4. Sound groiipings 307 



§ 5. Accent 309 



§§6-14. Phonetic laws 310 



§ 6. Introductory 310 



§§ 7-11. Vocalic processes 310 



§ 7. Vocalic harmony 310 



§ 8. Consonantization of i- and u- diphthongs 312 



§ 9. Contraction 313 



§ 10. Hiatus 314 



§ 11. Processes due to change from terminal to medial position 315 



§§ 12-14. Consonantic processes 316 



§ 12. Types of consonantic processes "316 



§ 13. Consonantic euphony 316 



§ 14. Simplification of doubled consonants 317 



§ 15. Grammatical processes 317 



§ 16. Ideas expressed by grammatical processes 318 



§§ 17-95. Morphology 319 



§§ 17-24. Prefixes 319 



§ 17. The articles ?£ and /i if 319 



§ 18. The personal pronouns 321 



§ 19. Inchoative 9a- 322 



§20. Privative t.'d- 323 



§ 21. Adverbial n- 323 



§22. Locative x- 323 



§ 23. Discriminative x- 324 



§ 24. Modal and instrumental x- 325 



§§25-80. SuflSxes 326 



§ 25. General remarks 326 



§§ 26-55. Verbal suffixes 328 



§§26-27. Transitive suffixes 328 



§26. Transitive -<, -ts 328 



§27. Causative -lyat 331 



§§28-31. Intransitive suffixes 332 



§ 28. Intransitive -aai 332 



§29. Reciprocal -?ne« 332 



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