Manza Phonology Statement Chercheurs

Manza Phonology Statement Chercheurs

Manza Phonology Statement Chercheurs : Troy Christopher MOORE ACATBA et SIL RCA © 2000 ACATBA et SIL International Ce corpus de données représente les résultats concrets des recherches menées sous les auspices de l’Association&HQWUDIULFDLQHSRXUOD7UDGXFWLRQGHOD%LEOHHW O $OSKDEpWLVDWLRQ (ACATBA) et de SIL République Centrafricaine.Certains éléments sont des travaux préliminaires et ne sont pas des recherches abouties. Ils s’appuient sur des notes prises sur le terrain, et sont dans certains cas le travail de chercheurs ayant peu de formation ou d’expérience sur le terrain./HVSropositions de politique linguistique dansOHVdocuments scientifiques ne représentent pas nécessairement la position de l’ACATBA ou de SIL République Centrafricaine. Les données sont partagées « telles quelles » afin de rendre leur contenu disponible sous une licence Creative Commons : Attribution-Pas d’utilisation commerciale-Partage dans les mêmes conditions (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.fr). Manza Phonology Statement By Troy Christopher MOORE SIL - CAR January 2000 - i- - ii - Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 The Manza People .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Location .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 History .................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1.3 Population ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1.4 Contact with Outside Groups .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Linguistic Background ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 Name of the Language ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.2.2 Varieties of Manza .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2.3 Previous linguistic investigations ........................................................................................................... 5 1.2.4 The present study .................................................................................................................................... 6 2. MANZA PHONE CHARTS............................................................................................................................... 7 3. VOWELS ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Display of Vowel Contrast Examples ............................................................................................................. 8 3.2 Allophones ................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Vowel Distribution ....................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3.1 Initial Position ...................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3.2 Isolated Vowels ..................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.3 Vowel Clusters ...................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.3.1 Vowel Length .................................................................................................................................................. 12 3.3.4 Medial Position ..................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4 Vowel Harmony and Vowel Length ............................................................................................................. 14 3.5 Nasalization .................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.5.1 Restrictions with syllables ..................................................................................................................... 14 3.5.2 Restrictions after nasal consonants ...................................................................................................... 15 3.6 Semivowels .................................................................................................................................................. 16 3.6.1 Distribution in Syllable Onset ............................................................................................................... 16 3.6.2 Distribution in Vowel Clusters .............................................................................................................. 16 4. CONSONANTS................................................................................................................................................. 17 4.1 Display of Consonant Contrast Examples .................................................................................................... 17 4.1.1 Allophones ............................................................................................................................................ 27 4.2 Consonant Distribution ................................................................................................................................. 27 4.2.1 Chart of Consonant Distribution .......................................................................................................... 29 5. CHARTS OF PHONEMES ............................................................................................................................. 30 6. TONE ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 6.1 Lexical Tone ................................................................................................................................................. 31 6.1.1 Possible Tone Patterns ......................................................................................................................... 31 6.1.1.1 No Contour Tone ............................................................................................................................................. 31 6.1.2 Minimal Nominal Pairs ......................................................................................................................... 32 6.2 Grammatical Tone ........................................................................................................................................ 33 - iii - 6.2.1 Possessive Noun Constructions............................................................................................................. 33 6.2.1.1 Possessive Relationship ................................................................................................................................... 34 6.2.2 Verbal Tense ......................................................................................................................................... 34 6.2.3 Pronominal Tone .................................................................................................................................. 36 6.2.3.1 Accompanying Tense ....................................................................................................................................... 36 6.2.3.2 Indicating Aspect ............................................................................................................................................. 36 6.3 Allotones ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 6.3.1 Down Gliding Intonation ...................................................................................................................... 37 6.3.2 Fast Speech Tone Levelling .................................................................................................................. 37 7. PHONOTACTICS ............................................................................................................................................ 38 7.1 The Syllable.................................................................................................................................................. 38 7.1.1 Distribution ........................................................................................................................................... 38 7.1.1.1 CVCV, Vowel and Tone Harmony .................................................................................................................. 38 7.1.1.2 Nasalization On Syllables ...............................................................................................................................

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