Inquiry: Khmer Vowels (fwd)

[Alberto Venturi]

There are no tones in Khmer!

Alberto

--- Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong <yui at alpha.tu.ac.th>
wrote:
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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.
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > -
>
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> > > 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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