Nasal harmony in the
Eastern Tukanoan languages (where Desano belongs) operates in a rather complex
way, since suffixes can themselves be [+nasal] or [-nasal], as well as neutral
"[0nasal]" with nasal and nonnasal allomorphs, in which case nasality or
non-nasality spreads across morpheme boundaries. See the following article by
Michael Kenstowicz, who describes the situation in Barasana:
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: [phoNet] Re: Nasals from Non-nasals
Do you know if any Desano morphemes have nasal and non-nasal
allomorphs? ...