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Bamukumbit (Mankong) Orthography Guide

Edition:
2nd edition
Date de publication:
2013-11
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25 pages
Descriptif:
This revised paper documents the current orthography used for the 2013 publication of the Bamukumbit transition primer (Mankong Language Committee, 2013). The current orthography is based on Simpson’s orthography, originally proposed in 2006, but with significant revisions made where current practice differs from her original proposal
Statut de publication:
Published
Table des matières:
1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ALPHABET -- 2.1 CONSONANTS -- 2.1.1 Prenasalised Consonants -- 2.1.2 Labialised Consonants -- 2.1.3 Consonant Orthography Rules -- 2.2 VOWELS -- 2.2.1 Vowel Length -- 2.2.2 Nasalised Vowels -- 2.2.3 Vowel Sequences -- 2.2.4 Vowel Orthography Rules -- 3. TONE -- 3.1 LEXICAL TONE CONTRASTS -- 3.2 GRAMMATICAL MEANINGS MARKED BY DIACRITICS -- 4.1 PRONOUNS -- 4.1.1 Subject Pronouns -- 4.1.2 Other pronouns -- 4.2 VERBS -- 4.2.1 Infinitive -- 4.3 COMPOUND WORDS -- 4.4 REDUPLICATION -- 5. ELISION -- 5.1 ELISION OF THE VOWEL : -- 5.2 ELISION OF A FROM WA -- 6. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALISATION -- 6.1 FULL STOP -- 6.2 QUESTION MARK -- 6.3 EXCLAMATION MARK -- 6.4 COMMA -- 6.5 QUOTATION MARKS -- 6.6 CAPITALISATION -- 7. NEED FOR FURTHER TESTING OF THE ORTHOGRAPHY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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58667