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znƷæbil /Ʒnzæbil/ Ginger

/znƷæbil/ /Ʒnzæbil/ /nærƷin/ /ræanƷin/ /fænilæh/ /fælinæh/ /Ʒenzir/ /znƷir/

this is the data could you plz help me? can you help me to write the metathesis rule for this data? I thought that this rule is right /VC/----[CV] / three consecutive Cs

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  • I don't think there is a rule. As far as I know, this is sporadic cross-dialectal variation.
    – user6726
    Dec 22, 2015 at 0:13
  • It looks like this is Arabic, right? In that case, the etymology suggests that /zanjabīl/ is the original form, and /janzabīl/ the metathesized form. You may be interested in this question: Place feature metathesis
    – brass tacks
    Dec 22, 2015 at 3:22
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    You need to provide more data because from one example, we wouldn't be able to infer what it is that triggers metathesis in that language.
    – Morphosyntax
    Dec 22, 2015 at 12:07
  • yes, it is Arabic.
    – dreamt
    Dec 22, 2015 at 21:50
  • /znƷæbil/ /Ʒnzæbil/ /nærƷin/ /ræanƷin/ /fænilæh/ /fælinæh/ /fælsæfh/ /fælfæsh/ /Ʒenzir/ /znƷir/ this is the data could you plz help me?
    – dreamt
    Dec 23, 2015 at 0:02

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