CUZCO QUECHUA 
(Central Cuzco, Peru; Quechuan)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary:
a. Two sonorants optionally metathesize across an intervening vowel.
b. Two adjacent stops optionally metathesize.
Examples
Conditions
Motivation
Related processes
Comments
References
Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
a. Sonorant metathesis
 
lamran    ~ ranram 'alder tree'
qaraywa    ~ qaraway 'lizard'
yuraq     ~ ruyaq 'white'

b. Stop metathesis
 
rakrt"a    ~ ratk"a 'thick'

Conditions:
No information currently available.
Motivation:
No information currently available.
Related processes:
a. [l] and [r] alternate in word initial position.
Comments:
Special Symbols:
t" = aspirated voiceless alveolar stop
k" = aspirated voiceless velar stop

Last updated: 2/3/2001
References:
  • Davidson, Joseph Orville Jr. 1977. A Contrastive Study of the Grammatical Structures of Aymara and Cuzco Kechua. Ph. D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.
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