Danny Wier wrote:
> | {kp} and {gb} are double articulated stops.
> | {mb} {nd} {ngg} {nj} are prenasalized stops.
> | {b'} {d'} {g'} are glottalized stops.
> | {zl} {sl} are lateral fricatives (voiced and voiceless).
> | {gh} /G/ {x} /x/
> Hey I like it!
Thanks!
> The glottalized stops are implosives I presume?
Yes, I think so. I don't know why else I would have spelled
them with {b} etc. instead of {p}. But honestly, I can't
remember and I don't have any notes on that.
> | dúgrú kpé cìr
> | kill he rat
> | 'He killed a rat.'
> |
> | túgrú kpé cìr
> | kill:PL he rat
> | 'He killed rats.'
> |
> | kpé ghráb'è
> | he fall
> | 'he falls'
> |
> | kpé xráb'è
> | he fall:PL
> | 'He falls often/several times.'
> VSO for transitive verbs, SV for intransitive. That looks
> familiar, but I don't know where I've seen it....
Me neither. The different word order in this case is because
of different aspects. The first two are in the Perfective (VSO)
and the last two are in the Imperfective (SVO). :)
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