Blang (Guanshuang)
BLR | Southwest Yunnan Province | Entry created by David Mortensen | UC Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 4 underlying tones: /H/ (/55/),
/L/ (/31/),
/HL/ (/51/),
/LH/ (/13/), - 4 surface tones: [H] ([55]),
[L] ([31]),
[HL] ([51]),
[LH] ([13]), - Tone bearing unit: syllable
- Underlying underspecification: /L/ may actually be /0/.
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Spreading:
The whole tone (including contour) is spread onto the toneless aspectual particle /ɤi/ (Li et. al. 1986ː49)
added 2004-10-25 21:33:58 | edited 2004-10-25 21:33:58
Tonal Domains:
Tonal Assignments in Compounds:
In compounds disyllabic compounds, the tone of the first syllable is always [L]. If the underlying tone of that syllable is not /L/, the first tone of the first syllable is realized as [L] and the tone of the second syllable surfaces unchanged. If the tone of the first syllable is /L/ and the tone of the second syllable is /H/ or /L/, the second syllable is realized as [HL] or [LH] respectively.
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Tone Interactions:
Other Notes:
Bibliography:
布朗语简志 [a sketch of the Blang language] by Li, Daoxiong and Nie, Xizhen and Qiu E-feng - 1985
document type: book
publisher: Minzu Chubanshe
address: Beijing
document type: book
publisher: Minzu Chubanshe
address: Beijing
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布朗语关双话声调初探 [preliminary investigation of Guanshuang Bulang tones] by Liu Yan - 1997
document type: article
journal: Minzu Yuwen
number: 2
pages: 61-67
document type: article
journal: Minzu Yuwen
number: 2
pages: 61-67
added 2004-10-25 20:33:28 | edited 2004-10-25 20:49:46
Cite this page as:
XTone Database Article on Blang (Guanshuang). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=110
XTone Database Article on Blang (Guanshuang). Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=110
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