Underlying low tones in Ruwund
In this paper the author examines data from Ruwund, a language with surface tone patterns often the reverse of those reconstructed for ProtoBantu, and proposes that, whereas most contemporary Bantu languages are believed to have tonal systems based on an underlying high/toneless contrast, Ruwund is...
Main Author: | Jay A. Nash |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
1994-06-01
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Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107413 |
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