A Note on Hopi Consonant Gradation

Abstract

Residual exceptions to Heath's generalizations about i-ablaut in Uto-Aztecan languages from Hopi are examined. A -t- to -ts- alternation with shifting the final vowel of a CVCV root to i leaves some alternating pairs in Hopi.

Keywords

• Hopi language-- Consonants
• Hopi language-- Phonetics