Documentation of the twol-smn.txt file

The twolc file is written in the Koskenniemi-style twolc format. The rule set is still preliminary.

Alphabet and sets

The parser uses the official Inari Sámi orthography, as it is presented in Matti Morottaa's Anarâškielâ ravvuuh (that is: without the additional symbols used in Sammallahti/Morottaja dictionary. In addition, some morphographemes (h2, b3, etc) are added, this is for letters not undergoing the same changes as other h, b, etc.

The X1, Q1 etc. are diacritical symbols triggering morphophonological processes such as consonant gradation, etc. We are about to change the diacritical symbols to more mnemonic tags.

The rules

Vowel lengthening

tbw.

Stem vowel alternation

There are rules for vowel lenghtening (inserting V) and for â to a triggered by WeG and a lenghtening diacriticon X4.

Consonant gradation

Deletion rule

The quantitative gradation is covered by the rule "Gradation: Double Consonant", deleting the second of a double consonant in WeG environments.

Change rules

The parser contains the following alternation rules:

"Qualitative Gradation of Simple Consonant"
"III-I Gradation"
"t:d1"
"h:v"

Last modified: $Date: 2013-01-27 09:47:50 +0100 (søn, 27 jan 2013) $, by $Author: boerre $