ON the high non-expanded vowels of Yoruboid

A current debate going on among Yoruba linguists is the existence and phonological status of the high non-expanded vowels. Indeed while Igala, Isekiri and many Yoruba dialects exhibit a seven-vowel system, other Yoruba dialects exhibit a ·nine-vowel system (including i and o), both types showing how...

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Autor principal:	Hounkpati B. Capo
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1985
Materias:	Yoruba Igala Isekiri vowel system diachrony Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:18fced1506c94862a44ce8654268db832021-11-19T03:55:28ZON the high non-expanded vowels of Yoruboid10.32473/sal.v16i1.1075060039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/18fced1506c94862a44ce8654268db831985-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107506https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XA current debate going on among Yoruba linguists is the existence and phonological status of the high non-expanded vowels. Indeed while Igala, Isekiri and many Yoruba dialects exhibit a seven-vowel system, other Yoruba dialects exhibit a ·nine-vowel system (including i and o), both types showing however interesting vowel co-occurrence restrictions. Given this situation, some scholars argue that proto-Yoruba and proto-Yorubold had a nine-vowel system with cross-height vowel harmony, while others claim that they had a seven-vowel system. The present paper reviews both positions and suggests another alternative; in particular it shows how cross-height vowel harmony came about in Yoruboid.Hounkpati B. CapoLibraryPress@UFarticleYorubaIgalaIsekirivowel systemdiachronyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 16, Iss 1 (1985)
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topic	Yoruba Igala Isekiri vowel system diachrony Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Yoruba Igala Isekiri vowel system diachrony Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Hounkpati B. Capo ON the high non-expanded vowels of Yoruboid
description	A current debate going on among Yoruba linguists is the existence and phonological status of the high non-expanded vowels. Indeed while Igala, Isekiri and many Yoruba dialects exhibit a seven-vowel system, other Yoruba dialects exhibit a ·nine-vowel system (including i and o), both types showing however interesting vowel co-occurrence restrictions. Given this situation, some scholars argue that proto-Yoruba and proto-Yorubold had a nine-vowel system with cross-height vowel harmony, while others claim that they had a seven-vowel system. The present paper reviews both positions and suggests another alternative; in particular it shows how cross-height vowel harmony came about in Yoruboid.
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ON the high non-expanded vowels of Yoruboid

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