- Source: Kisi language (Tanzania)
Kisi is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Though only half or so of the Kisi people speak the language, use is vigorous where it is still spoken.
Phonology
Other phonemes:
[ɾ] and [l] are in a free variation.
[w] and [j] are not included in a phoneme chart in Kisi because they only occur as glide insertion between historically or morphologically adjacent vowels. [w] does not occur otherwise. For some speakers, [j] occurs as a free variant of [ʝ] which is considered incorrect by other speakers.
Contrastive and obligatory length is marked with /:/. This does not necessarily reflect a difference in the length of production.
Swahili: bei, and Swahili: ngao - These Swahili words have been borrowed into Kisi and pronounced with a diphthong in Kisi
References
Bibliography
Gray, Hazel (2018). "Kisi Phonology and Morphology". SIL International. (in Kisi). Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Ngonyani, Deogratias S. "Aspects of Non-Concatenative Morphology in Kikisi." Arusha Working Papers in African Linguistics, 6(1): 40-59.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pemotongan kelamin perempuan
- Kisi language (Tanzania)
- Kisi
- Kisi people
- Naiyo Lagda
- List of ethnic groups in Tanzania
- Northeast Bantu languages
- Sufuria
- Kisii, Kenya
- Polyglotta Africana
- List of Bantu languages
