Inquiry: Khmer Vowels (fwd)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:00:07 -1000
From: Christopher Court <court at hawaii.edu>
To: Adelwisa A Weller <alagawel at umich.edu>
Cc: cotseal2000 at umich.edu
Subject: Re: Inquiry: Khmer Vowels (fwd)

in this message i should added the tonogenesis bit in Phnom penh
colloquial, as well as dialects to the E of phnom penh down into Vietnam
khmer: in full the change is

		r > h (voiced) + breathy voice + low rising falling pitch

chris court




On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Christopher Court wrote:

> dear robert
>
> khmer is usually described as having two "registers", or voice
> qulities: normal (or "A-register") and sepulchral (or "O-register"), but
> the
> fact is that the traditional sepulchral register has almost
> disappeared. in phnom
> penh dialect the trad. register contrast has gone, but in the colloquial
> dialect
> a new one (from the change   r > h + breathy voice ) has arisen.  ask for
> some examples of "constricted" vowels.
>
> chris court
>
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Adelwisa A Weller wrote:
>
> > fyi.
> >
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> > Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:44:50 -0500
> > From: Scott McGinnis <smcginnis at nflc.org>
> > To: "'councilnews-list at Majordomo.umd.edu'" <councilnews-list at Glue.umd.edu>
> > Subject: Inquiry: Khmer Vowels
> >
> > Date:  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:56:44 +0000
> > From:  "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
> > Subject:  Khmer vowels
> >
> > I just heard a talk by our Khmer (Cambodian) professor here, in which
> > she described a set of "constricted" or "narrow" vowels. She couldn't
> > tell me what these were phonetically, and I couldn't find any reference
> > to them (or to Khmer at all) in standard sources like Ladefoged &
> > Maddieson or Laver. The description made them sound like ATR vowels, but
> > when she pronounced them for me I heard something like creaky or breathy
> > voiced vowels. Does anyone know what they are, or can anyone refer me to
> > phonetic research on Khmer?
> >
> > -  -----------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert R. Ratcliffe
> > Associate Professor, Arabic and Linguistics,
> > Dept. of Linguistics and Information Science
> > Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
> > Asahi-machi 3-11-1,
> > Fuchu-shi, Tokyo
> > 183-8534 Japan
> >
> >
>
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