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Afrika und ÜberseeNdam (Eastern Chadic, ISO [ndm]) displays an array of seven or nine surface vowels. However, the distribution and behavior of these vowels, as evidenced from morphophonemic data, shows that the inventory can be reduced to two basic vowels, /ə/ and /a ...
James Roberts
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ON the high non-expanded vowels of Yoruboid
Studies in African Linguistics, 1985 A current debate going on among Yoruba linguists is the existence and phonological status of the high non-expanded vowels. Indeed while Igala, Isekiri and many Yoruba dialects exhibit a seven-vowel system, other Yoruba dialects exhibit a ·nine-vowel ...
Hounkpati B. Capo
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Vowel harmony in Klao linear and nonlinear analyses
Studies in African Linguistics, 1983 Klao, a Kru language spoken in Liberia, has a nine-vowel system. Like most other Kru languages, it displays harmony sensitive to pharyngeal constriction (tongue-root retraction).
John Victor Singler
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1985 Acoustic properties of Hausa vowels and diphthongs from several speakers are investigated. The results show that Hausa is best described as having a five vowel system, where the five basic vowels have the qualities of the long vowels.
Mona Lindau-Webb
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1999 This paper presents a description of the vowel harmony system of Akposso (Uwi), a Kwa language of Ghana and Togo, one of only a handful of Kwa languages with a complete ten vowel system with ATR harmony. However, the tenth vowel, hi, does not function as
Coleen G. Anderson
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A Descriptive Phonology of the Vowel System of Uvwiẹ
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2019 Extant literature on the vowel system of Uvwiẹ shows that the language contrasts 9 oral and 9 nasal vowels, and operates a full vowel harmony system defined by tongue root position.
Philip Oghenesuowho Ekiugbo +1 more
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Phonetic realisations of Madurese vowels and their implications for the Madurese vowel system
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020 It has been suggested that Madurese has eight surface vowels [a, ɛ, ə, ɔ, ɤ, i, ɨ, u], but there have been disagreements with regard to the number of its vowel phonemes. The disagreements arise partly because some scholars base their analyses of Madurese
M. Misnadin
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1991 Igede is a language that operates a nine vowel system. It displays harmony system constraint by pharyngeal constriction. Vowels fall into two harmonic sets of [+ATR] and [-ATR] with no overlap. Where we have disharmonic morphemes, our analysis shows that
Michael Abiodun
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A multi-method approach to correlate identification in acoustic data: The case of Media Lengua
Laboratory Phonology, 2021 This study of Media Lengua examines production differences between mid and high vowels in order to identify the major correlates that distinguish these vowel types.
Jesse Stewart, Sky Onosson
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Vowel harmony and vowel merger in Agoi
Studies in African Linguistics, 2003 This paper describes the vowel harmony system and patterns of vowel merger in Agoi, an Upper Cross language. Data indicate that a once fully operative system of vowel harmony has now been generally restricted to the non-high vowels, with a few residual ...
Shirley Yul-Ifode
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