ILOCANO 
(Northwestern Luzon, La Union and Ilocos provinces; Austronesian, Northern Philippine)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary:
When comparing Tagalog and Ilocano, the distant metathesis of t...s to s...t is observed in Ilocano.
Examples
Conditions
Motivation
Additional info
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References
Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
Tagalog Ilocano
taNis saNit 'weep'
tubus  subbot  'redeem'
tigis sigit  'decant'
Conditions:
No information currently available.
Motivation:
No information currently available.
Additional information:
No information currently available.
Comments:
Special Symbols:
N = voiced velar nasal

See Mielke and Hume (2001) on the issue of adjacency in metathesis.

Last updated: 6/22/2001
References:
  • Antilla, Raimo. 1972. An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics. The Macmillan Company: New York.
  • Constantino, Ernesto. 1971. Ilokano Reference Grammar. University of Hawaii: Honolulu.
  • Mielke, Jeff & E. Hume. 2001. Consequences of Word Recognition for Metathesis. In E.Hume, Norval Smith & Jeroen van de Weijer (eds.), Surface Syllable Structure and Segment Sequencing. Leiden, NL: HIL. 135-158.
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