Wiktionary:About Prasuni
Prasuni (Vasi-veri, Vasi-vëri) is a Nuristani language spoken in Afghanistan.
Sound changes
[edit]Prasuni is defined by the unconditioned change of Proto-Nuristani *d (in all positions) to *l alongside the lenition of initial single consonants.
Dialects
[edit]Prasuni has six dialects: Dewa (Üćü), Kshtoki (Üšüt), Pashki (Uṣüt), Pronz (Seć), Shtive (Ṣupu), and Zumu.
Prosody
[edit]In Prasuni, words can have contrastive stress (per Strand 2007). There are three types of stress patterns in the Pronz dialect: type A (no stress), type B (nonfinal stress), and type C (final stress).
Orthographic notation
[edit]When notating Prasuni, a unified orthography system by Jakob Halfmann is used. Transcription conventions compared to Richard Strand include (V = any vowel):
- a > ë
- â > a
- Vː > V̄
- V˜ > Ṽ
- Vi > Vy
- Vu, Vv > Vw
- ǰ > j
- ŋ > ṅ
References
[edit]- Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction
- Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom
- Richard Strand (1973) Notes on the Nūristāni and Dardic Languages, Brown University
- Richard Strand (2007) Transcription and Pronunciation of the Nûristânî Languages
- Richard Strand (2012) Nuristâni Etymological Lexicon