Assignment 1: Lezgian

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Lezgian

Lezgian is a Northeast Caucasian language, spoken in Dagestan (a republic of Russia) and Azerbaijan by between 500,000 and one million speakers.

In a well-written squib, provide a phonological analysis of the data below. In particular, make sure your analysis:

  1. is clear about the phonological representations you use
  2. provides underlying forms for all morphemes
  3. provides a formal grammar (either rule based or constraint-based)
  4. justifies the underlying forms and aspects ofo the grammar (rule-orderings and/or constraint rankings)
sg pl
tar tarar ‘tree’
q’el q’eler ‘salt’
ʁyl ʁyler ‘husband’
lif lifer ‘pigeon’
qyl qyler ‘wheat’
k’ʷat͡ʃʰ k’ʷat͡ʃʰar ‘foot’
markʷʰ markʷʰar ‘stack’
fend fender ‘trick’
k’arab k’arabar ‘bone’
qejd qejder ‘remark’
pel peler ‘forehead’
qaw qawar ‘roof’
luw luwar ‘wind’
tʰur tʰurar ‘sword’
bulutʰ bulutʰar ‘cloud’
tarkʷʰ tarkʷʰar ‘pestle’
raŋg raŋgar ‘color’
k’alub k’alubar ‘form’
pʰeleŋg pʰeleŋgar ‘tiger’
rab rapar ‘needle’
rib riper ‘awl’
mug mukar ‘nest’
meg meker ‘hair’
qʷed qʷeter ‘partridge’
nekʰ nek’er ‘milk’
metʰ met’er ‘knee’
wikʰ wik’er ‘yoke’
haqʰ haq’ar ‘truth’
t͡ʃeb t͡ʃeper ‘clay’
t͡segʷ t͡segʷer ‘ant’
jad jatar ‘water’
kard kartar ‘falcon’
wirtʰ wirt’er ‘honey’
netʰ net’er ‘louse’
wakʰ wak’ar ‘pig’
reqʰ req’er ‘way’