Canada: Palatalization And “Strong I” Across Inuit Dialects

Canada: Palatalization And “Strong I” Across Inuit Dialects Richard Compton, and B. Elan Dresher, 2011   Inuit dialects with palatalization all distinguish between “strong i” and “weak i”: instances of surface [i] that cause palatalization and those that do not, respectively. All dialects that have completely lost this contrast also lack palatalization. Why are there no /i, a, u/ dialects in which all instances of surface [i] trigger palatalization? We propose that this typological gap can...

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