Talk:Abkhaz phonology

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[edit] Geminates in the Bzyp Sadz dialect

Are there any consonants which occur only ungeminated in the Bzyp Sadz dialect of Abkhazian? --88.76.251.11 14:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Sadz, you mean (Bzyp does not have phonemic gemination). Vaux and Pəsiypa (1997) do not give a list of the consonants which have geminated forms in Sadz, leading me to think that all consonants may be capable of appearing either short or long. The consonants attested in Vaux and Pəsiypa's paper as having geminated forms are the following: [d d͡z f gʷ ħʷ j kʷ kʷʼ l n qʲʼ ʁʲ ʁʷ s ʃ ʂ t͡ɕʷʼ t͡s t͡sʼ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ χ χʲ χʷ z]. As you can see, there appears to be no phonological reason why all consonants shouldn't have a corresponding geminate. Thefamouseccles 02:10, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Are there any consonants which occur only geminated in the Bzyp Sadz dialect of Abkhazian? --88.76.248.25 09:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

No, as far as I know all consonants may appear as singletons, and geminate consonants are also reduced to singletons in word-initial position. Thefamouseccles 02:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Abkhaz and Kwakwala

The phonology of these languages seems to me very similar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Segnor Bugatti (talk • contribs) 17:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

The phonemic systems of Amharic and Mingrelian are quite similar, too. That doesn't necessarily mean anything. Thefamouseccles (talk) 14:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)