Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Setswana and Sesothu clicks
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| Author: | Nick Reid | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Phonetics
Phonology Syntax |
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| Subject Language(s): |
Tswana
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| Query: |
The two snippets of text below have been given to me by Setswana and
Sesothu speakers on my campus. My interest is in the place-of-articulation/manner-of-release of the clicks, by I have no expertise in these languages. Orthographic tl sounds to me like a dental click with lateral release. Orthographic q sounds to me like an alveolar click. Can anyone with knowledge of these languages help out? I further believe that some words in both these languages are written with orthographic qh, and I'd like to know whether that represents a distinct phonemic click, or just a different spelling convention. (Of course the answers may not be the same for both languages) Sesothu. Ke tlo u qoqela moqoqo o qalang leqepheng la ho qetela. I fut you tell story that starts page the last one I'm going to tell you the story that starts on the last page. Setswana. Ke bone ntlole a tlolatlola mo tshimong ya ditloo ka letlatlan. I saw squirrel that jumping in garden of peas in evening I saw a squirrel jumping in a garden of peas in the evening. any advice, gratefully received, should be sent direct to nreid@metz.une.edu.au thanks in advance Nick Reid Dr Nicholas Reid School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics University of New England Armidale 2351, AUSTRALIA ph: +61 [0]2 6773 3400 fax: +61 [0]2 6773 3735 email: nreid@metz.une.edu.au website: http://www.une.edu.au/~arts/Linguist/linguist.htm *********************************************** |
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| LL Issue: | 10.1210 | |
| Date posted: | 17-Aug-1999 | |
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