Phonetic and Phonological Effects of Depressor Consonants in Malawian CiTonga
In this paper we show that certain consonants have the effect of depressing the tone on adjacent vowels in Malawian CiTonga, a Bantu language spoken mainly in Nkhata Bay. We argue that some of these effects are phonological, changing High vowels to Low. In other cases the effect is not categorical,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/822 |