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Cheyenne

CHY | Montana, Oklahoma | Entry created by Wayne Leman | Chief Dull Knife College

Representation of Tones:

  • 2 underlying tones: /H/, /L/
  • 4 surface tones: [H2], [H], [M], [L.
  • Tone bearing unit: each syllable

Tonal Rules and Alternations:

Tonal Domains:

Tone Interactions:

Other Notes:

Bibliography:

Cheyenne Pitch Rules by Wayne Leman - 1981
document type: article
journal: IJAL
pages: 283-309
month: 47
notes: The author, Leman, now (2004) considers that the Lowered-High phonetic pitch of my article is non-existent, or at least non-existent with most speakers of the language.
added 2004-11-29 20:39:03 | edited 2004-11-29 20:40:54


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XTone Database Article on Cheyenne. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=121
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