Siouan Long Vowls

[BARudes at aol.com]

With regard to reconstructing long vowels for Proto-Siouan, it is probably
relevant to note that Catawba has a phonemic contrast between long and short
vowels, but a very different system of accent placement than the two mora
system in Siouan.  In Catawba, accent may fall on either the first or last
syllable of disyllabic words.  On longer words, excluding some
morphologically conditioned exceptions, accent falls on the penultimate
syllable if it is long.  If it is short, accent falls on the antepenultimate
syllable.  (This accent pattern is very much like the one reconstructed for
Proto-Northern Iroquoian).

Blair
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