1. Explain as clearly and succinctly as possible what determines when the nasal prefix is deleted in Bukusu. In your answer, make reference to features and to natural classes of segments i.e. do not simply give a list of sounds.

2. When the nasal prefix is realized, it can be realized as any of the following: [n, , , m]. Explain as clearly and succinctly as possible what determines which of the four sounds ([n], [], [], or [m]) the prefix is realized as in a word. Refer to the features of the sounds in your answer.

Bukusu is a member of the Bantu language family, spoken in Kenya. Bukusu marks a verb as first person singular ('l eat, go, sing ...) by adding a nasal prefix, -/, to the verb. The table below contains the underlying form (the form before any phonological rules have applied, and the surface form (how these words are actually pronounced, i.e. after all phonological rules have applied). Study these data, and then answer the questions that follow. In palatal nasal [o] velar nasal [dz] voiced, palatal affricate [B] [] voiced, bilabial fricative , Underlying form Surface form Meaning + di:la/ Indi:la) 'I hold Nasal prefix realized + dzu: nga/ Indgu:nga] 'I watch + gaa/ Ingaal I divide + birma/ [mbi:ma) 'I weigh + buka/ Imbukal 'l perishi + dzina/ Indzina) 'I scream + dasa/ Indasa) 'I add + dula/ Indula) 'I trample + bala/ Imbala] 'I count' ' + se:nda/ [se:nda] 'I move Nasal prefix deleted + fwa:ra/ [fwa:ra] I dress +xala/ [xala] 'I cut + fuka/ [fuka) 'I cook' In + xola/ [xola) 'I do' Bukusu is a member of the Bantu language family, spoken in Kenya. Bukusu marks a verb as first person singular ('l eat, go, sing ...) by adding a nasal prefix, -/, to the verb. The table below contains the underlying form (the form before any phonological rules have applied, and the surface form (how these words are actually pronounced, i.e. after all phonological rules have applied). Study these data, and then answer the questions that follow. In palatal nasal [o] velar nasal [dz] voiced, palatal affricate [B] [] voiced, bilabial fricative , Underlying form Surface form Meaning + di:la/ Indi:la) 'I hold Nasal prefix realized + dzu: nga/ Indgu:nga] 'I watch + gaa/ Ingaal I divide + birma/ [mbi:ma) 'I weigh + buka/ Imbukal 'l perishi + dzina/ Indzina) 'I scream + dasa/ Indasa) 'I add + dula/ Indula) 'I trample + bala/ Imbala] 'I count' ' + se:nda/ [se:nda] 'I move Nasal prefix deleted + fwa:ra/ [fwa:ra] I dress +xala/ [xala] 'I cut + fuka/ [fuka) 'I cook' In + xola/ [xola) 'I do