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Doe 1 Jane Doe LING 391 Professor Bateman 20 April 2023 Homework # Language Analysis: Palauan (Malayo-Polynesian, spoken on Palau Islands and Guam) I prose the sounds [d], [ɵ], and [ð] are phonemes in Palau for the following reasons. First, are minimal pairs. Upon evaluation, we find that [d] and [ð] are complementary distributions. The [d] and [ð] occur only following consonant sounds, whereas [ɵ] occurs as a dental fricative. The following sample words illustrate this distribution. I underline the relevant segments in the chart below:
Doe 2 [d] occurs word-initial, before vowel, voiced alveolar stop [ɵ] occurs after vowels, word-final, voiceless, fricative dental [ð] occurs word-initial, between vowels, voiced, fricative dental