A Phonology Of Eastern Kmhmu' With Special Reference To Palatal Continuant Codas And Neutralisation Of Vowel Length Contrast

The eastern variety of Kmhmu' described in this study has a rich phoneme inventory of 36 consonants and 10 distinctive vowel qualities with contrastive vowel length. There is no contrast of vowel phonation or tone, although voicing and glottalisation do contrast in initial consonants. Word and...

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Main Author: Anne R. Osborne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/52430