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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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3 Segmental phonology<br />

For all other consonants, the overall duration <strong>of</strong> a geminate is longer than for<br />

the corresponding singleton consonant. Examples <strong>of</strong> such geminates are provided<br />

in (10) through (20).<br />

(10) /taːfːo/ dáffo<br />

[taːfːo]<br />

‘area\nom.sg’<br />

[2367]<br />

(11) /raːvːe/ rávve<br />

[raːvːe]<br />

‘peace\nom.sg’<br />

(12) /ɔsːe/ åsse<br />

[ɔsːe]<br />

‘part\nom.sg’<br />

(13) /ɔʃːe/ åssje<br />

[ɔʃːe]<br />

‘horsetail\nom.sg’<br />

(14) /ɲamːa/ njamma<br />

[ɲamːa]<br />

‘suck\3sg.prs’<br />

(15) /pinːa/ binna<br />

[pinːa]<br />

‘little.bit\nom.sg’<br />

(16) /maɲːe/ mannje<br />

[maɲːe]<br />

‘daughter.in.law\nom.sg’<br />

(17) /maŋːel/ maŋŋel<br />

[maŋːel]<br />

‘after’<br />

(18) /kɔrːoti-t/ gårrodit<br />

[kɔrːotɪtʰ] ‘ice.over-inf’<br />

(19) /tɔlːɔ/ dållå<br />

[tɔlːɔ]<br />

‘fire\nom.sg’<br />

(20) /paːjːa-t/ bájjat<br />

[paːjːatʰ]<br />

‘let-inf’<br />

[1366]<br />

[2269]<br />

[2270]<br />

[pit080701b.005a]<br />

[2446]<br />

[pit080621.74m04s]<br />

[pit080924.529]<br />

[4693]<br />

[0421]<br />

[3439]<br />

Due mostly to the nature <strong>of</strong> morphophonemic stem alternations, there are numerous<br />

minimal pairs differing only in the presence <strong>of</strong> a singleton versus a geminate<br />

consonant; cf. §4.1.2.1 on consonant gradation for examples.<br />

It is also possible to have geminate fricative or sonorant phonemes, as described<br />

above, followed by a plosive or affricate phoneme, as illustrated by the<br />

examples in (21) through (24).<br />

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