Characteristics of Omotic tone Shinasha Borna

The article provides some phonological background and outlines the tonal system of Shinasha (Borna), an isolated North Omotic language of Ethiopia. There are two contrasting tones. Their behaviour shows characteristics which have also been observed for other Omotic languages: stability of lexical to...

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Main Authors: Ashenafi Tesfaye, Klaus Wedekind
Format: article
Language:EN
FR
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1990
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fb10aef77bd344969f54a9ecd46789ff
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