Consider the data below from the made-up language “Fandros.”…
Consider the data below from the made-up language “Fandros.” Compare the sounds and . (Note: is a voiced oral bilabial fricative, and is a voiced oral alveolar trill.) nelon ‘laughter’ dampuse ‘evident’ ʃomβus ‘reason’ vinselbi ‘displays’ fisandi ‘changes’ nadpristo ‘allow’ fisanli ‘waterfall’ pogimβelu ‘reappearance’ laʃimbad ‘speak’ vimpaz ‘table’ 1. Are and separate phonemes in Fandros, or are they allophones of the same phoneme? 2. What is the distribution of and in Fandros? 3. Is there a minimal pair relevant to the distribution of and in this dataset? 4. What are the conditioning environments relevant to the complementary distribution of ? Choose N/A if these sounds do not have complementary environments. 5. What are the conditioning environments relevant to the complementary distribution of ? Choose N/A if these sounds do not have complementary environments. 6. What is the phonological rule that accounts for the distribution of and ? Choose N/A if there is no rule. 7. What type of rule is this? Choose N/A if there is no rule. 8. Here is a hypothetical Fandros word with one segment missing: . Can you predict which of the two sounds would appear in the blank?