Bamukumbit (Mankong) Orthography Guide
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2nd edition
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Issue Date:
2013-11
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25 pages
Description:
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
Publication Status:
Published
Table of Contents:
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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Entry Number:
58667