Falling
/ / |
| The falling contour indicates
presence of doubts and ridicule in utterance, not indicated
by the words in it but expressed in the delivery of an
utterance. |
| ave |
pireku
|
po:nja |
|
'He |
went |
home?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
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| ive
|
avena
|
pire |
|
'This |
is
his |
house?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
| |
Level / / |
| The level contour is the one
with which the statements are made. This contour indicates
the normal utterance. |
| ave |
pireku
|
po:nja |
|
'He |
went |
home?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
| |
|
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|
|
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|
| ive
|
avena
|
pire |
|
'This |
is
his |
house?' |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
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| 2.5 Allophonic distribution |
2.5.1 Vowels
Short |
| /i/ has two allophones [I] and
[i]. |
| [I] |
Lower-high
unrounded front vowel.
It occurs medially before clusters, both identical
and non-identical. |
| |
[pIllU]
|
/pillu/
|
'grass' |
| |
[bIllU]
|
/billu/
|
'bow' |
| |
[tINga] |
/tiNga/ |
'month' |
|
| [i] |
High
unrounded front vowel.
It occurs elsewhere. |
| |
[ittErE] |
/ittere/
|
'this much' |
| |
[birelU]
|
/birelu/ |
'finger' |
| |
[ta: i] |
/ta:i/ |
'beard' |
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