Faucalized voice
Faucalized | |
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◌͈ | |
◌͚ | |
(◌ꟸ) | |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ꟸ |
Unicode (hex) | U+A7F8 |
Faucalized voice, also called hollow voice
There is no symbol for faucalized voice in the standard
Nilotic languages
It is widely accepted that the Bor dialect of the Dinka language (also called Moinyjieng[3]) has two distinct voice qualities: modal voice and breathy voice. The existence of two additional voice qualities, faucalized (or hollow) voice and harsh (or tense) voice, is claimed by linguist Keith Denning among others.[5]
phonation | IPA | translation[3] |
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modal
|
tɕìt̪ | diarrhea |
breathy | tɕì̤t̪ | go ahead |
harsh | tɕɛt̪ | scorpions |
faucalized | tɕɛ͈t̪ | to swallow |
Faucalized voice and harsh voice denote a contrast between the verbal categories venitive (movement toward the speaker) and itive (movement away from the speaker). Voice quality is also contrastive between singular and plural nouns in Dinka and other Nilotic languages (Nuer and Shilluk), but this relationship is less regular.[2] In the following tables, modal ("hard") vowels contrast with faucalized ("breathy"[1]: 403 ).[2] Notice that faucalization corresponds with the ventive case and with plural nouns.
Dinka | translation[1]: 409 |
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ɣɛ́n cɔ̀ˑl më̀t̪ | I call the boy |
ɣɛ́n cò͈ò͈l më̀t̪ | I call the boy here (direction towards) |
ɣɛ́n cɔ́ɔ́l më̀t̪ | I call the boy away (direction away) |
Dinka | translation | Nuer | translation | Shilluk | translation[1]: 415 |
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lé͈ˑì͈ | tooth | rí͈ŋ | meat | bàt | arm |
lêc | teeth | ríŋ | meats | bä͈́ä͈̀t | arms |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-138-08975-4.
- ^ S2CID 62531440.
- ^ a b c Edmondson, Jerold A.; Esling, John H.; Harris, Jimmy G.; Martín, Deborah; Weisberger, Edward C.; Blackhurst, Lesa. "The role of the glottic and epiglottic planes in the phonetic qualities of voice in the Bor Dinka language (Sudan) and other phonetic features: a laryngoscopic study" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-12-05.
- S2CID 145791575.
- OCLC 44605367.