Re: THEORY: Tonogenesis
| From: | Kevin Athey <kevindeanathey@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 3, 2005, 14:39 |
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>From: Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
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>Mayan langs. I think are tonal; some African too, but they seem to work
>differently.
I'm fairly familiar with tonality in West African languages. Kichean (also
spelled, rather crudely, Quichean) languages are not tonal (at least not
phonemicly so), but they are only what I am most familiar with. There may
be other Mayan branches that are. I'll have to look into it.
Athey
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