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1. Consider the following data from an artificial language. In each line, the same word occurs in both columns A and B, but it
has one prefix in column A, meaning a or an, and another prefix in column B meaning fat.
A B
[lapanse] a chicken [wapanse] fat chicken
[lam te] a dog [wam te] fat dog
[laambipi] an iguana [waambipi] fat iguana
[laten si] a pig [waten si] fat pig
[laenn bem n] a worm [waenn bem n] fat worm
[laken si] a cat [waken si] fat cat
A B C
doctor conduct daddy
distinct adscription cuddle
dollar admonition model
3. In Katerimepita, an artificial language, the sounds [tš], [t], [ts] and [ ] make one single sound.
[tatami] [totemo] [utsi] [tsitsi]
[natšu] [tšukue] [tetšudau] [mate a]
Which one makes the best underlying sound? State its distribution.
Are they in free variation or in complementary distribution?
State the rule that account for each variation.