Preliminary description of the phonological and morphological aspects of the lembaama / Descrição preliminar de aspectos da fonologia e da morfologia do lembaama

AUTOR(ES)

Bruno Okoudowa

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

This work proposes a preliminary analysis of the phonological and morphological aspects of the lembaama language (B62) according to Guthrie (1971). This language is officially called obamba in Gabon. Lembaama is a Bantu language, from the Benue-Congo group and Niger-Congo phylum. As far as we know this language has not received any detailled study yet. Lembaama shows some interesting features. Endeed, the phonological analysis shows the existence of palatalized, labialized, and prenasalized consonants and of long vowels in the phonemic inventory. The analysis of phonological processes shows that nasality is a property of nasal or of prenasalized consonants which is transmitted to adjacent vowels.

ASSUNTO(S)

phonology lembaama morphology bantu languages línguas bantas línguas africanas lembaama african languages morfologia fonologia

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