Editing Choctaw language (section)

====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