User:Nicodene/Sandbox3
Minimal sets:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Pronunciation differences: Pontevedra (western Galicia) vs. Ferrol (central Galicia):
- leite [ˈlejtɪ] :: [ˈlɛjtɪ]
- aquela [aˈkelɐ] :: [aˈkɛlɐ]
- ollo [ˈoʝʊ] :: [ˈɔʝ˕ʊ]
- noite [ˈnojtɪ] :: [ˈnɔjtɪ]
Pronunciation differences: south Pontevedra vs. most other dialects:
Pronunciation differences: western Galician vs. central/eastern:
- tempo [ˈtempʊ] :: [ˈtɛmpʊ]
- dente [ˈden̪tɪ] :: [ˈdɛn̪tɪ]
- ponte [ˈpon̪tɪ] :: [ˈpɔn̪tɪ]
- longo [ˈloŋɡʊ] :: [ˈlɔŋɡʊ]
However, everyone agrees on:
- sempre [ˈsɛmpɾɪ]
- quente [ˈkɛn̪tɪ]
- fento [ˈfɛn̪tʊ]
- tenro [ˈtɛnrʊ]
- onte [ˈɔn̪tɪ]
- ponla [ˈpɔnlɐ]
- pomba [ˈpɔmbɐ]
Homographs: native words vs. Spanish borrowings
(Spanish [e̞, o̞] adapted by Galician as [ɛ, ɔ] whether stressed or unstressed)
- fecha [ˈfetʃɐ] “sip” :: [ˈfɛtʃɐ] “date”
- corte [ˈkoɾtɪ] “stall” :: [ˈkɔɾtɪ] “cut”
- rodar [rʊˈð̞aɾ] “cut” :: [rɔˈð̞aɾ] “roll”
- botar [bʊˈtaɾ] “throw” :: [bɔˈtaɾ] “vote”
- rentiña [rɪn̪ˈtiɲɐ] “little rent” :: [rɛn̪ˈtiɲɐ] “very close”
- cordeiro [kʊɾˈð̞ejɾʊ] “lamb” :: [kɔɾˈð̞ejɾʊ] “rope-maker”
Variation of stressed mid-vowels in neologisms:
- seso “brain” [ˈsesʊ] ~ [ˈsɛsʊ]
- problema [pɾʊˈβ̞lemɐ] ~ [pɾʊˈβ̞lɛmɐ]
- silencio [siˈlen̟θjʊ] ~ [siˈlɛn̟θjʊ]
- condor [ˈkon̪duɾ] ~ [ˈkɔn̪duɾ]
- ostra [ˈostɾɐ] ~ [ˈɔstɾɐ]
Nasalization of vowels surrounded by nasals:
Environments that favour low-mid vowels:
- Trisyllables with initial stress:
- Disyllables with initial stress and a final consonant:
- Disyllables with final stress:
- Paroxytones with a rising diphthong in the final syllable:
- Stressed monosyllables:
Some exceptions
- to the trisyllable rule:
- to the paroxytone rule:
- prémio [ˈpɾemjʊ]
- to the monosyllable rule:;
- bo [ˈbo]
Examples showing the productivity of
- the trisyllable rule:
- the paroxytone rule:
- Correlation of low-mids with syllable-coda /l/:
- 1
- 2
- 3
Correlation of /ɛ/ with final stress + following /ɾ, n/:
Correlation of /o/ (!) with final stress + following /ɾ, n/:
Correlation of /ɔ/ with final stress + following coronal obstruent:
Correlation of low-mids with following coda plosive (generally found in loanwords):
Correlation of low-mids with preceding [j, w]:
- fiestra [ˈfjɛstɾɐ]
- ciencia [ˈθjɛn̟θjɐ]
- sueco [ˈswɛkʊ]
- sequela [seˈkwɛlɐ]
- idiota [iˈð̞jɔtɐ]
- padiola [paˈð̞jɔlɐ]
- quórum [ˈkwoɾuŋ]
- secuoia [sɪˈkwɔjɐ]
Correlation of high-mids with following [j, w]:
- feira [ˈfejɾɐ]
- mouto [ˈmowtʊ]
- touro [ˈtowɾʊ]
- peito [ˈpejtʊ]
- loita [ˈlojtɐ]
- cousa [ˈkowsɐ]
- cereixa [θɪˈɾejʃɐ]
- roibo [ˈrojβ̞ʊ]
- roupa [ˈrowpɐ]
In some dialects, [ɛ] correlates with following [w]:
(892–3)