Omaha nasal vowels
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Aug 24 14:38:44 UTC 2000
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Catherine Rudin wrote:
> The place where I find it hard to hear nasality is i/iN after nasals -- to the
> point where I've doubted a contrast actually exists. (My ear isn't THAT bad.)
> Does anyone have clear examples of an audible contrast between ...ni... and
> ...niN... ?
It's not always easy to hear the difference even between #iN and #i.
There's considerable variation in recording some examples with ?#iN, e.g.,
iNkhede 'shoulder', iNda'daN 'what', iNs^ta 'eye'. I think iNs^?age
'elder' is usually consistantly recorded. Here I'm talking about
variations between LaFlesche and Dorsey, etc. I heard iN in all cases,
but didn't hear iNda'daN at all, only eda'daN.
For a near minimal pair, how about niN'de 'buttocks' (?) vs. ni'da
'dwarf'?
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