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PHONOLOGY
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| An
Inventory of Phonemes |
| There are 3 tonemes,
6 vowels and 17 consonants in Apatani. |
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Rising tone
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‘ / ’
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Level
tone
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unmarked’
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Falling tone
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‘ \ ‘
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| Rising
Tone : |
| The pitch level varies
in such a way that at the onset it is higher than at coda. |
c myo
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‘silence’
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h do
|
‘lightening’
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ad
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‘stem with flower’
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kamó
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‘dark’
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| Level
Tone : |
| There is no change
in pitch level. |
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amu
|
‘hair’
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alyo
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‘tongue’
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pota
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‘paper’
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|
ude
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‘house’
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| Falling
Tone : |
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The pitch level varies in such a way that at the
onset it is lower than at the coda.
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