Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo
Urhobo, a South Western Edoid language of the Niger-Congo family, is spoken in Delta State, Nigeria. In the synchronic phonology of the language, there are seven surface vowels: [i, e, E, a, J, 0, u], but the behavior of some vowels, especially e, 0, G, is sometimes at variance with their expected v...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2008-06-01
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| Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107297 |