Editing Choctaw language (section)

===Phonological processes===
====Glide insertion====
* When a verb root ends with a long vowel, a glide /w/ or /j/ is inserted after the long vowel.<ref name="Broadwell125 2006">Broadwell (2006:125)</ref>
* ∅→/wa/ <big>'''/'''</big> V꞉____
# Where V꞉ is oo
# boo-a-h→bóowah
* ∅→/ja/ <big>'''/'''</big> V꞉____
# Where V꞉ can be either ii or aa
# talaa-a-h→talaayah

====/i-/ deletion====
* In Choctaw, there is a group of nouns which contain an initial /i-/ that encodes for 3rd person possession. It may be deleted, but if the /i/ is part of a VC syllable structure, the C is also deleted, because the resulting CCV syllable is rarely a permissible syllable structure at the onset of words.<ref name="Broadwell60-62 2006">Broadwell (2006:60-62)</ref>
:/i/→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> #____
: Part 1: /i + C/→∅ + /C/ <big>'''/'''</big> #____
: Part 2: /∅ + C/→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> #____
:ippókni'→ppókni'→pókni'

====/-l-/ infix assimilation====
* The verbal infix /l/ is pronounced /h, ch, or ɬ/ when /l/ precedes a voiceless consonant.<ref name="Broadwell124-125 2006">Broadwell (2006:124-125)</ref>
:l → {h, tʃ, ɬ} /_C<sub>[-voice]</sub>
:ho-l-tinah → ho-ɬ-tinah

====Phonological processes of the suffix /-li/====

* There are several assimilation processes that occur with the suffix /-li/. When the verbal suffix /-li/ is preceded by /f/ /ɫ/ /h/ /m/ /n/ or /w/, the /l/ assimilates to the corresponding consonant that precedes it.<ref name="Broadwell26-27 2006">Broadwell (2006:26-27)</ref> Also, the verbal suffix /-li/ is preceded by the consonant /b/, the /l/ is realized as /b/.<ref name="Broadwell26-27 2006" /> Third, when the verbal suffix /-li/ is preceded by the consonant /p/, the /p/ is pronounced as /b/.<ref name="Broadwell26-27 2006" /> Lastly, when the verbal suffix /-li/ is preceded by the consonant /t/, the /t/ is pronounced as /l/.<ref name="Broadwell26-27 2006" />
:/l/→/f, ɫ, h, m, n, w/ <big>'''/'''</big> /f, ɫ, h, m, n, w/____
: /kobaf-li-h/→ kobaaffih

: /l/→/b/ <big>'''/'''</big> /b/____
: /atob-li-h/→ atobbih

: /p/→/b/ <big>'''/'''</big> ____/l/
: /tap-li-h/→ tablih

: /t/→/l/ <big>'''/'''</big> ____/l/
: /palhat-li-h/→ pallalih

* There are two deletion processes that occur with the suffix /-li/. If the verbal suffix /-li/ precedes the verbal suffix /-tʃi/, the suffix /-li/ may be deleted if the resulting syllable, after deletion, is a consonant cluster.<ref name="Broadwell130 2006">Broadwell (2006:130)</ref> The other process occurs when the verbal suffix /-li/ precedes the suffix /-t/, which results with the suffix /-li/ being sometimes deleted if the syllable /-li/ has not already gone under phonological processes as described above.<ref name="Broadwell219 2006">Broadwell (2006:219)</ref>
:/li/→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> ____/tʃi/
:balii-li-chi-h→balii-chi-h

:/li/→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> ____/t/
:balii-li--h→balii-t

====Schwa insertion====
* Schwa insertion: when a glottal fricative {{IPA|/h/}} or a velar stop {{IPA|/k/}} precedes a voiced consonant within a consonant cluster, a schwa {{IPA|/ə/}} is inserted to break up the consonant cluster.<ref name="Broadwell16 2006">Broadwell (2006:16)</ref>
:∅→{{IPA|/ə/}} <big>'''/'''</big> {{IPA|/h/}}____[+voiced] consonant
:∅→{{IPA|/ə/}} <big>'''/'''</big> {{IPA|/k/}}____[+voiced] consonant
:'ahnih'→/ahənih/

====Vowel deletion====
* Vowel deletion is the process of a short vowel being deleted at a morpheme boundary. It occurs when an affix containing a short vowel at the morpheme boundary binds to a word that also contains a short vowel at the morpheme boundary.<ref name="Broadwell26 2006">Broadwell (2006:26)</ref>
# For most vowel deletion cases, the preceding short vowel is deleted at the morpheme boundary.<ref name="Broadwell26 2006" />
:V→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> ____V
:/baliil<big>'''i-aa'''</big>tʃĩ-h/→baliil<big>'''aa'''</big>tʃĩh
# If a class II suffix attaches to a word that results with two short vowels occurring together, the short vowel that follows the class II suffix is deleted.<ref name="Broadwell26 2006" />
:V→∅ <big>'''/'''</big> V____
:/s<big>'''a-i'''</big>baa-waʃoohah/→s<big>'''a'''</big>baa-waʃoohah