GIDOLE 
(Southwestern Ethiopia; Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic)		 For more information about metathesis in this language, click on the following links:
Summary: 
Diachronic
a. A lateral and obstruent sequence in Gidole appears in the opposite order in related languages.
b. A velar stop and nasal sequence in related languages appear as nasal plus stop in Gidole.
c. A stop plus [h] sequence in related languages appear as [h] plus
stop in Gidole.
Examples
Conditions
Motivation
Related processes
Comments
References
Examples:
(See Comments for key to special characters used.)
Gidole Forms Forms in Related Lanugages Gloss
silp  sipla' (Konso), sibi'i'la (Galla) 'metal'
taNk takma' (Konso), taxma (Mashile)
da'mma (Borana Galla)		 'honey'
piht-to' bi'diH (Somali) 'left' 
Conditions:
In progress.
Motivation:
In progress.
Related processes:
In progress.
Comments:
Special Symbols:
N  = velar nasal
V' = stressed vowel

Last updated: 3/18/2002
References:
  • Black, Paul. 1974. Regular metathesis in Gidole. Folia Orientalia. Vol. XV. 47-54.
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