LENAKEL 
(West Central Tanna; Austronesian, South Vanuatu)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary:
Given a morpheme which ends in i or u which is followed by a morpheme beginning with he, hI, or ha, h metathesizes to a position preceding i or u.
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Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
/ai-hapel/  /ahi-pel/  [ahíbEl]  'clean it (pl.)!'
/u-harIg/  /hu-arIg/  [WA'RIN]  'close it (pl.)!'
Conditions:
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Motivation:
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Additional information:
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Comments:
Special Symbols:
I  = mid central vowel (barred 'i')
E = mid central vowel ('schwa')
W = voiceless bilabial glide
A' = stressed low central unrounded vowel
R  = flap
N  = velar nasal

Last updated: 8/17/2001
References:
  • Lynch, John. 1978. A grammar of Lenakel. Pacific Linguistics Series B 55.
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