Phonetic Peculiarities in the Maradidi Klarjuli

Abstract

In terms of phonetic processes, the following is characteristic to the speech of Maradidi Klarjuli: assimilation, dissimilation, substitution, metathesis, loss of sound, sound development. Cases of analogy, affrication, deaffrication, fullvowel and contamination are also found, although cases of sound loss, emergence and regressive assimilation of vowels predominate. As for the sound composition, ჲ and უ without syllable are confirmed.