AYACUCHO QUECHUA 
(Southwestern Ayacucho region, Peru; Quechuan)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary:
a. Two adjacent obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
b. Two non-adjaecnt obstruents or sonorants optionally metathesize.
Examples
Conditions
Motivation
Additional info
Comments
References
Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
a. Metathesis of adjacent consonants
 
tapsi-   ~ taspi-  'to shake'
warma   ~ wamra  'boy, girl'

b. Metathesis of non-adjacent consonants
 
Cimqi-   ~ qimCi- 'to blink, wink'
yuraq   ~ ruyaq 'white'

Conditions:
n/a
Motivation:
n/a
Additional information:
n/a.
Comments:
a. Consonants: /p, b, t, d, C, k, g, f, s, h, q, m, n, N, l, L, r, R, w, y/

    /b, d, g, f/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.
    C = voiceless palatal stop
    N = palatal nasal
    L = palatal lateral
    r = flap
    R = palatal retroflex spirant

b. Vowels: /i, e, u, o, a/
    /e, o/ occur almost entirely in Spanish loans.

c. Stress
   Stress regularly falls on the penultimate syllable of a word.
   It may fall on the final syllable of a word.

Last updated: 2/16/2001
References:
  • Parker, Gary John. 1969. Ayacucho Quechua Grammar and Dictionary. Mouton: The Hague.
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