BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 443 



PHONOLOGY (§§ 2-17) 

 § 2. Vowels 



The vowels have short and long quantities. Resonance vowels, 

 marked here by superior vowels, are employed often, as is also the 

 obscure vowel e, which seems to be related to short a. In some in- 

 stances, due to contact phenomena, the obscure vowel partakes of the 

 quality of a short o, and is represented here by °. The open e vowel 

 appears to be lacking, while the long e frequently glides from e to I 

 and resembles a long i. Significant pitch appears in a few cases (see 

 p. 447). 



The «*- and «" diphthongs occur in two distinct forms, one with the 

 initial element short or long («'', a", d\ a"), and the other with the 

 first element short and the second long (a^ and a"). The latter two 

 forms are closely related to the long i and u with which they constantly 

 interchange. This interchange usually takes place after a, A, 7n, n, q, 

 x, and I, although numerous instances will be found where the substitu- 

 tion of a^ and a** for i and u respectively has taken place after vowels 

 and consonants other than those enumerated, or where the interchange 

 does not occur at all. 



Examples of interchange between i and a*: 



mq/a'l 30.23 inq/a'a^ river 30.20 



mUa'Um qamnHa! dH%n my mother 1 00. 12 



5^'?la;^^ 46.18 ci'nxa^t he thinks 90.15 



tl'k^nx here thou 56.19 ta^'k^ns here we two (inch) 



56.6 

 hatc'l'xam he was asked 66.16 shwaha^'xam. it is placed (in) 



t^'hlyan M'sUl ha^ I am very ta^'k^ns aya'qaHl sl'xa^ here 



glad 25.8 ^Q two (incl.) shall leave 



our canoe 56.5 

 Examples of interchange between u and a": 



waa'un T.4 waa'a^n he says to him 20.7 



waxa'yutsinE he gave him tJ£W%ha'haHsmE]iQh\x.v\QdL\i\B . . . 



his . . . 76.9 40.22 



k'Aiiiui}' Lun k.'ima^L^' Lun I am hitting him 



h'-yatsV tsun he put it on 11.8 aqa'qa^n he took it off 13.1 



pilqHsu'ni made of raccoon hamxa^'ni made of tied (grass) 



(hides) 70.23, 24 8.6 



hd'lutun I tire him out Ttd'laHin I am tired 



2/a^'.'^6'l•'^;m' i.'a^a' on a small in%k!a'^' L.'ayaf in a bad place 



place 38.19 12.10; 13.1 



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