Phonetic Drills

Phonetic Drills

Go over these drills with the informant noting lengths and breathy vowels and the position of the tongue. Pay special attention to the [l] in final position and final [ŋ].

-ä̲- [wä̲̩, bä̲, kä̲̩, nä̲k, thä̲ä̲k, lä̲̩t, jä̲̩l, cä̲̩ŋ, nyä̲ä̲l, mä̲ä̲th]

-u̲- [cu̲̩, nu̲̩p, wu̲̩t, wu̲u̲t, lu̲̩l, mu̲̩n, mu̲̩t, pu̲l, pu̲u̲r, tu̲̩k]

-a- [a, nyal, cak, ka̩k, ga̩l, mal, gat, mac, kal, wa̩ŋ]

-a̲- [ja̲l, ja̲ŋ, la̲t, ra̲a̲l, pa̲n, na̲k, ka̲a̲k, ka̲̩n, ma̲̩n, ya̲a̲t]

ɔa̲- [thɔa̲a̲n, lɔa̲ŋ, kɔa̲a̲k, cɔa̲a̲, dhɔa̲a̲l, rɔa̲a̲th, ɤɔa̲a̲n, kɔa̲m]

-ɔa- [gɔaa, lɔaar, kɔaŋ, rɔa̩l, ɤɔaŋ, gɔa̩l, gɔa̩ŋ, rɔany, lɔa̩r, ŋɔa̩k]

-uɔ- [buɔth, duɔ̩th, cuɔɔr, cuɔ̩p, juɔɔl, kuɔɔk, luɔt, puɔny, tuɔk, tuɔɔŋ]

-uɔ̲- [duɔ̲ɔ̲p, puɔ̲̩ny, buɔ̲ɔ̲t, buɔ̲̩n, wuɔ̲ɔ̲k, tuɔ̲t, tuɔ̲m, thuɔ̲k]

-ŋ- [gaŋ, nyaŋ, tu̲ŋ, ŋɔa̲a̲ŋ, ŋaak, ŋɛk, ŋap, cä̲ŋ, ŋa̲th, ŋuä̲ny]

-i̲- [ri̲ŋ, ŋi̲i̲c, wi̲c, thi̲i̲k, ji̲̩th, ki̲i̲m, pi̲̩, bi̲̩, bi̲i̲y, thï̲̩n]

-ɤ- [ɤä̲n, ɤɔ̲ɔ̲n, ɤa̲a̲c, ɤɔam, ɤɔa̲t, ɤɔ̲ɔ̲l, ɤök, ɤa̲a̲t, ɤɔuw]

-o̲- [go̲r, mo̲k, ŋo̲k, ro̲̩l, dho̲o̲l, go̲no̲o̲r, ko̲̩m, ko̲̩r, ko̲̩l, po̲o̲n]

-ö- [ɤök, gök, mök, köm, köt, nööŋ, köl, böŋ, pöör, tööl]

-c- [ci̲̩, cak, cɔ̲̩k, cä̲̩k, lɔc, kɔc, ti̲c, ŋi̲i̲c, jɔɔc]

-ny- [to̲ny, go̲o̲ny, do̲̩ny, lu̲ny, pa̲ny, nyaŋ, nyal, nyi̲r, nyu̲u̲r, nyu̲u̲th]