PHONETIC CHANGES OF CONSONANTS IN THE SPEECH OF THE PHONE VALLEY

Abstract

The present article analyzes the phonetic changes of consonants in the speech of the Fron Valley; similar and different linguistic phenomena in relation to literary Georgian and other dialects are sought; cases of sound loss, inclusion, metathesis and realization of sound alternation are identified. The changes are mainly experienced by consonant sounds close in place or type of production in nouns, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and particles.

 In the speech of the Frone Valley, due to the influence of Mekher-Javakher and the tendency to unification, the alternation of the verb suffixes -am, -em, -om and the stem element m with the sound n has become established. The phonetic varieties of the complexes often differ depending on the villages. The study showed that the alternation of the sound n is more widespread in the villages of the Frone Valley: Dirbi, Dvani, Takhtisdziri, Breti, Sagolasheni, Aradeti.The alternation of suffixes av>am, ev>em, ov>om in the villages of Kartli bordering Imereti should be explained by the mutual influence of dialects.

Loss of sound is widespread. In the same word, at the same time, not only one sound is lost, but several. Often, due to the loss of sound, the meaning of the word becomes incomprehensible without context. The sounds v, m, r, l, s are mainly lost. The same person uses demonstrative pronouns both in abbreviated form (i, e) and in full (is, es...).

Phonetic changes of consonants in the speech of the Fron Valley are a common phenomenon characteristic of the Kartli dialect. Different phenomena can be explained by the influence of Upper Imereti and Meskhetian-Javakhian.

Keywords: Kartli dialect, Fron Valley, phonetic change of consonants, loss of sound, inclusion of sound, metathesis, alternation of consonants