Kenswey Nsey (Bamessing): A Phonological Sketch

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2008
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SIL
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Yaounde, Cameroon
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Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation
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20 Pages
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the sound inventory of Kenswey Nsey and to lay the groundwork for a revised orthography that the people of Bamessing will be able to use to translate and produce literature.
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Published
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1. Introduction ........3 1.1 The Village of Bamessing .....3, 1.2 The People of Bamessing ...3, 1.3 The Language of Bamessing .......3, 1.4 Method and Acknowledgments ...4, 2. The Syllable ......5, 2.1 Syllable Structure ......5, 3. Sound Inventory ....7, 3.1 Consonant Inventory ..7, 3.1.1 Plosives .....7, 3.1.2 Nasals ....8, 3.1.3 Fricatives ….8, 3.1.4 Affricates ....10, 3.1.5 Approximants ….10, 3.1.6 Lateral Approximant ......11, 3.2 Vowel Inventory ....11, 3.2.1 Front Vowels ...11, 3.2.2 Central Vowels .....12, 3.2.3 Back Vowels ....13, 3.2.4 Vowel Glides ....14, 3.3 Segmental Modifications .....15, 3.3.1 Vowel Lengthening ...15, 3.3.2 Prenasalisation ........15, 3.3.3 Labialisation ...16, 4. Tone ....17, 5. Conclusions and Remarks on Previous Work.........18, 6. References ..............20.
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Cameroon
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52082