1.|bege| ‘travel’            2.|sulil| ‘river’  3.|zulil|…

   1.|bege| ‘travel’            2.|sulil| ‘river’  3.|zulil| ‘frog’  4.|bede| ‘leaf’5.|guke| ‘feed’6.|gelil| ‘starch’                           7.|pezu| ‘lose’ 8.|pesu| ‘spot’9.|lilsu| ‘sky’10.|lilte| ‘hair’   For your convenience, here’s the same data from question 1.Which phonetic process involving [e] and [i], probably happens in this language?

   1.|bege| ‘travel’            2.|sulil| ‘river’  3.|zulil|…

   1.|bege| ‘travel’            2.|sulil| ‘river’  3.|zulil| ‘frog’  4.|bede| ‘leaf’5.|guke| ‘feed’6.|gelil| ‘starch’                           7.|pezu| ‘lose’ 8.|pesu| ‘spot’9.|lilsu| ‘sky’10.|lilte| ‘hair’   For your convenience, here’s the same data from question 1. Which pieces of data support your conclusion for the segments [e] and [i]?

The following data is to be used for questions 1-4 only.Read…

The following data is to be used for questions 1-4 only.Read carefully the following data set, paying attention to the sounds |e| and |i|.   1.|bege| ‘travel’            2.|sulil| ‘river’  3.|zulil| ‘frog’  4.|bede| ‘leaf’5.|guke| ‘feed’6.|gelil| ‘starch’                           7.|pezu| ‘lose’ 8.|pesu| ‘spot’9.|lilsu| ‘sky’10.|lilte| ‘hair’   Are the segments [e] and [i] separate phonemes, allophones of the same phoneme in complementary distribution, or segments in free variation?