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/h/ → ∅

/h/ → ∅
/h/ → ∅
English: Translation
h-loss; deletion of /h/; absence of native /h/
English: Definition
A regular Boie’nen phonological correspondence in which /h/ found in cognate or corresponding forms in neighboring Philippine languages is absent in the Boie’nen form. Boie’nen does not employ /h/ as a native phoneme in its inherited phonological system.
Notes

Part of Speech
phonological process; linguistic term

Semantic Domain
Language and communication; Phonology; Historical linguistics

Notes
The symbol ∅ represents the absence of a segment; it is not itself a phoneme.

External /h/ does not always correspond to simple deletion in Boie’nen. In some lexical correspondences, /h/ corresponds instead to the Boie’nen posterior continuant written x in this dictionary.

/h/ → ∅
External /h/ corresponds to no consonant in Boie’nen.

Examples

  • baha → ba-a’ “flood”
  • bahag → ba-ag “loincloth”
  • hakot → akot “haul”
  • tanhaga’ → tanaga’ “weaving loom; loom frame”

Compare: /h/ → x

  • halas / ahas → axas “snake”
  • halat → exat “wait”
  • habol → abex “weave”
  • salag → saxag “nest”
  • sulog → sexeg “water current”

Other forms such as dalan → daxan, damika → dakexe’, and gatol → gatex likewise belong to the broader posterior-consonant correspondence and should be treated under /X/ rather than as cases of simple /h/ deletion.

Related Entries
/X/ — See also
Boie’nen consonant phonemes — See also
posterior consonant — See also
phonological correspondence — See also

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Linguistic History
Comparative forms in Bikol, Tagalog, Bisaya, and other neighboring Philippine varieties frequently contain /h/ where Boie’nen has either no corresponding consonant or, in another set of lexical correspondences, the characteristic posterior consonant written **x** in the Portugal–Claveria orthography. <##> The absence of /h/ is therefore best treated as part of a broader historical phonological pattern rather than as occasional spelling omission. <##> The 2023 *Ortograpiyang Boînën* includes **Hh** among the letters classified as borrowed rather than among those representing native Boie’nen sounds, and its native consonant inventory contains no /h/.