Zaiwa, Atsi
ATB | Yunnan Province, China; Burma | Entry created by David Mortensen | UC Berkeley
Representation of Tones:
- 3 underlying tones: /53/, /44/, /31/
- 3 surface tones: [53], [44], [31]
- Tone bearing unit: mora
- Surface Underspecification: Prefixes do not seem to bear a surface tone, but are given a tonal realization according to their environment (Wannemaker, 1988:89).
Tonal Rules and Alternations:
Contour Simplification:
Contour Simplification: /53/ is realized as [55] and /31/ is realized as /33/ in open syllables followed by a plosive or affricate.
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Tonal Domains:
Tone Interactions:
Consonant Interactions:
Contour simplification (/53/ -> [55], /31/ -> [33]) occurs in open syllables when followed by a plosive or affricate.
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Accent Interactions:
Unstressed suffixes assimilate in tone to a preceding stressed syllable such that the final target of the preceding stressed syllable is the first target in the tone of the unstressed syllable.
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Other Notes:
Bibliography:
Aspects of Zaiwa Prosody by Wannemacher, Mark - 1998
document type: book
publisher: SIL and University of Texas at Arlington
document type: book
publisher: SIL and University of Texas at Arlington
added 2004-10-04 16:32:46 | edited 2004-10-04 16:32:46
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XTone Database Article on Zaiwa, Atsi. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=89
XTone Database Article on Zaiwa, Atsi. Accessed November 24, 2009 http://xtone.linguistics.berkeley.edu/display/index.php?languageid=89
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