Morphological function, syllabic and phonetic form of nasal+plosive combinations in the Bantu language Mpiemo

• A discussion on how to handle consonant combination in the Bantu language Mpiemo spoken in the south west border region of the Central African Republic is presented. The question is raised, whether nasal+consonant combinations are adequately analysed as single phonological units or as separate ones. Phonetic, syllabic and mrophological aspects are taken into consideration.

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

prenasality

nasality and stops

phonetics

morphology

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