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Query Subject:	Prothesis Before Single Consonant
Author:	Katalin Balogne Berces
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Phonology

Query:	Dear Linguists, I'm looking for examples of vowel prothesis before a single consonant. Prothesis is usually exemplified in word-initial consonant clusters, whether the vowel is inserted before the cluster (as in Spanish ''escuela'' 'school') or within (as in Arabic ''bilastic'' 'plastic'). I'm sure there are cases of word-initial vowel epenthesis before a non-branching onset, something like ''ibala'' for a loanword from an input ''bala'', I just haven't found any examples. I hope you can help me. Katalin Balogne Berces
LL Issue:	15.2894
Date posted:	13-Oct-2004
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