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M'Uwe'Hcfis heart 5.3 Mu'tcfisltG lo'qHats in his heart she 



was boiling 108.27 

 pll'yat he took him home xwtn ^putaJmi hanh we two thee 

 30.13 take home will 126.19, 20 



Another effect due to this law is the weakening of the vowel of the 

 syllable immediately preceding the suffix. This change takes place 

 regularly when two or more suffixes have been added to one and the 

 same stem. 



hlnnptso^' wat he takes him nhhinptsb' vMu he takes me 



through through 



hu^7nistsd^' wat he is marrying e^hu^mistsowUafmt hariL I marry 



them 26.14 thee will 184.6 



Consonantic Processes (§§ 12-14) 



§ 12. TYPES OF CONSONANTIC PROCESSES 



Consonantic changes are few in number, and due to contact phe- 

 nomena. The following are the processes affecting consonants : 



(1) Consonantic euphony. 



(2) Simplification of doubled consonants. 



§ 13. CONSONANTIC EUPHONY 



This law affects the palatal sounds only, and results from a strong 

 tendency, inherent in the language, to assimilate, whenever possible, 

 the consonants of the ^-series to the character of the preceding or 

 following vowels. As a consequence of this tendency, ^'-vowels are 

 invariably followed or preceded by the anterior palatals, while u- 

 vowels change a following palatal into a ^-sound with a u-tinge (a 

 labialized k). 



Id'mk' river 14.6 tsafyux^ small 20.5 



wix'l'Us food 14.7 raa'luk^ paint 10.2 



tahafUk' quiver 66.26 xwi'lux^ head 30.14 



x'nek' hair 50.3 meld'lcuh'^ salmon heart 34.25 



g'tnig't'mts rain go^s all 9.3 



Instances are not lacking where actual palatalization has taken 

 place, or where an anterior k' has been changed into a palatal h so as 

 to conform to the character of the vowel following it. 



JcJa'lat he shouted 36.7 qdk' elenl' we u men they began to 



shout 24.22 

 Tela' wot he pecks at it 20.9 Jde'wUem some one is pecking 



§§ 12-13 



