Softenings
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Rule 13: The initial p or t of some additive chunks softens into v or j after a vowel.
Assimilation Rules
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Rule 14: Assimilation is the process by which two nearby sounds become more similar to each other.
Reduction of Vowel and Consonant Groups
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Rule 15: Processes occurring when two vowels or two consonants appear in a row.
Special Deletion of a Consonant
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Rule 16: What to do when an additive noun beginning with a consonant plus a vowel is added to a base or post base ending with two vowels plus a consonant or taq/juaq.
Rule of Double Consonants
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Rule 17: When building a word, after all other rules have applied, if a group of two consonants is followed by another group of two consonants, the first consonant of the second group is deleted.
Properties of Noun Endings
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Rule 18: All noun endings express case and number. Noun endings can also express possessor.
Non-Possessive Endings
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Rule 19: Table of non-possessive noun endings.
Possessive Endings
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Rule 20: Table of possessive noun endings.