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(Whether it is the most conservative will require a more
careful comparison of Jaqaru, Kawki, and Aymara dialects
than is possible here.) Some of the distinctive features

of Salinas are the following: (1) Use of only the aspirated
form of the noun suffix -t"a ~ -ta 'from, of', and of only
the allomorph /-nti/ of the noun suffix -mpi ~ -nti;

(2) a vowel harmony rule affecting both vowels of the suffix
-iri when it occurs on verb stems ending in /u/; (3) rules
obligatorily voicing stops after nasals and the palatal
lateral within morphemes and optionally otherwise; and

(4) a rule for the obligatory frication of the velar stop
before consonants, changing /k/ to /j/. The voicing rule
occurs sporadically in certain other dialects, and corre-
spondences of /j/ and /k/ occur elsewhere, but the rules

are obligatory only in Salinas.

10-2.5 Cross-regional features
The following features cut across the north/south,

center/periphery distinctions.
10-2.51 Phonological shapes and morphophonemics

10-2.51.1 /-nani/ sole allomorph of 4+3 F
Northern: Huancané, Juli, Socca, La Paz
Intermediate: Sitajara

Southern: Jopoqueri

10-2.51.2 /-:ma/, but not /-mama/ allomorph of 1+2 F