On the initial aggregation of nasality and stops in the Bantu language Mpiemo

• The pronunciation of initial stops and those with a nasal preceding it varies substantially in Mpiemo. Equivalence of the pronounciation of allophones in the two categories may lead to a contraction of phonological categories in the future. The potential of such a process seems to be supported by the difference in language awareness of speakers of different age.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Mpiemo

A86c

Bantu language

acoustic fonetics

prenasality

nasality and stops

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