Pe wordlist - Roger Blench
Pe wordlist - Roger Blench
Pe wordlist - Roger Blench
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<strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Blench</strong>: <strong>Pe</strong> Wordlist<br />
3. Phonology<br />
The phonology of <strong>Pe</strong> is based on rapid observations and should therefore be regarded as tentative at this stage.<br />
3.1 Vowels<br />
<strong>Pe</strong> probably has six phonemic vowels;<br />
Front Central Back<br />
Close i u<br />
Close-Mid e ə o<br />
Open<br />
<strong>Pe</strong> permits VV sequences, /u/ or /e/ plus /i/, and also /au/ which might be a recent loan phoneme from a Chadic<br />
language. Examples;<br />
a<br />
Grass (growing)<br />
Barren woman<br />
Sand (river)<br />
ì-fui<br />
u-kui<br />
aʃiʃei<br />
3.2 Consonants<br />
<strong>Pe</strong> consonants are as follows:<br />
Bilabial<br />
Labiodental<br />
Alveolar<br />
Alveopa<br />
latal<br />
Palatal Velar Labialvelar<br />
Glottal<br />
Plosive p b t d [c] j k g (kp)<br />
Nasal m n ŋ<br />
Trill<br />
[r]<br />
Fricative f v s z ʃ ʒ ɣ h<br />
Approximant y ɲ w<br />
Lateral Approximant<br />
l<br />
Implosive ɓ ɗ<br />
Homorganic nasals<br />
<strong>Pe</strong> has some homorganic nasals, as well as sequences of syllabic nasal plus consonant. Some examples of<br />
homorganic nasals in <strong>Pe</strong>;<br />
World<br />
Mountain<br />
Thatch roof<br />
<strong>Pe</strong>rson/people<br />
Old person<br />
Song<br />
mve<br />
mbɔksin<br />
nde<br />
ù-nsit<br />
ì-nzaŋ<br />
ncok<br />
There seems to be little doubt that many of these are former functioning nasal prefixes, and indeed some can be<br />
shown to still operate in Tarok.<br />
Contrasts between syllabic nasal prefixes and homorganic nasals can sometimes be found. For example;<br />
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