Features
A01: Is your language tonal (i.e. pitch-based minimal pairs exist)?
A02: Is there a contrastive contour tone (i.e. phonological) in the tonal inventory?
A03: How many phonemic contrasts in tone? Provide tonal (near-)minimal pairs if possible. Count phonological toneless as one category.
A03-1: What is the underlying tonal system of your language?
A04: What is the tone bearing unit (TBU)?
A05: How many phonetic realization of tone (i.e. number of pitch levels and number of pitch contour)?
A06: Does the language have lexical contrasts of tone?
A06-1: How many nominal tonal patterns are there? (Note1: tone of noun class prefixes is asked in P7-1; Note2: you may present stem and/or root level descriptions)
A06-2: How many verbal tonal patterns are there?
A07: Does tone play a role of marking specific functions?
Languages
Herero
Matengo
Rombo
Tembo
Nyoro
Kimakunduchi (Kikae, Kihadimu)
Inner Mbugu
Normal Mbugu
Lamba
Nyole
Bende
Xitsonga
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A04: What is the tone bearing unit (TBU)?
Features
A01: Is your language tonal (i.e. pitch-based minimal pairs exist)?
A02: Is there a contrastive contour tone (i.e. phonological) in the tonal inventory?
A03: How many phonemic contrasts in tone? Provide tonal (near-)minimal pairs if possible. Count phonological toneless as one category.
A03-1: What is the underlying tonal system of your language?
A04: What is the tone bearing unit (TBU)?
A05: How many phonetic realization of tone (i.e. number of pitch levels and number of pitch contour)?
A06: Does the language have lexical contrasts of tone?
A06-1: How many nominal tonal patterns are there? (Note1: tone of noun class prefixes is asked in P7-1; Note2: you may present stem and/or root level descriptions)
A06-2: How many verbal tonal patterns are there?
A07: Does tone play a role of marking specific functions?
Languages
Herero
Matengo
Rombo
Tembo
Nyoro
Kimakunduchi (Kikae, Kihadimu)
Inner Mbugu
Normal Mbugu
Lamba
Nyole
Bende
Xitsonga
About this website