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Hangkerim dialects: Kizidanoce

From:Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 27, 1999, 17:26
I was thinking which would be the main changes between standard
Hangkerimce and its most importand dialect Kizidanoce.  The main
difference is that Hangkerimce is usually witten in the Hangkerim
syllabary and Kizidanoce is written in Latin alphabet... in the last
four centuries, both Kizidanoce and Hangkerimce had been in contact but
developed some different features.

Hangkerimce had become more tonal.  Kizidanoce is still tonal but tones
are not phonemic.  Kizidanoce is more regular in the sound changes.
Hangkerimce rules governing changes are more complex.

This is the way the vocalic sounds change in both Hangkerim and
Kizidanoce:

H.ort: orthography in Hangkerimce
H.1:  Hangkerimce primary phrase stress (pronunciation)
H.2:  Hangkerimce primary word stress (pronunciation)
H.3:  Hangkerimce secundary stress (pronunciation)
H.4:  Hangkerim unstressed (pronunciation)
K.s:  Kizidano stressed (pronunciation)
K.us: Kizidano unstresed (pronunciation)
K.ort: Kizidano orthography
_ is always low in H., usually low in K.
/ is always middle rising in H. usually low in K.
\ is always high falling in H. usually high in K.
^ is always high in H, usually high in K.
~ is falling-rising in H. usually high in K.
unstressed ~ and \ are usually low in K.


H.ort H.1  H.2  H.3  H.4  K.s  K.us K.ort
 A_   A    a    &    @    A    @    a
 AM_  Am   am   &m   &m   am   am   am
 AN_  AN   aN   &~n  @~   aN   @~   ang
 E_   E    E    0    @    E    @    e
 EM_  Em   Em   Em   @m   E    @m   em
 EN_  EN   EN   E~n  E~   E    E~n  eng
 I_   I    I    I    I    I    I    i
 IM_  Im   Im   Im   Im   Im   Im   im
 IN_  IN   IN   In   In   IN   In   ing/in
 U_   o
 UM_  om
 UN_  oN
 A/   A
 AM/  Am
 AN/  AN
 E/   E
 EM/  Em
 EN/  En
 I/
 IM/
 IN/
 U/
 UM/
 UN/
 A\
 AM\
 AN\
 E\
 EM\
 EN\
 I\
 IM\
 IN\
 U\
 UM\
 UN\
 A^
 AM^
 AN^
 E^
 EM^
 EN^
 I^
 IM^
 IN^
 U^
 UM^
 UN^
 A~
 AM~
 AN~
 E~
 EM~
 EN~
 I~
 IM~
 IN~
 U~
 UM~
 UN~

--
Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzsn
  ITEC-Telecom, Colombia

  cthompso@alpha.telecom-co.net
  http://alpha.telecom-co.net/~cthompso/