{"pk":35053,"title":"A preliminary phonology of Brokpa","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A preliminary synchronic analysis of Brokpa phonology finds eleven vowel phonemes, including two degrees of vowel length; 35 consonant phonemes; and three tonal values (level low, level high, and contour falling). Based on a sample of 134 words, the phonological description is supported by a phonetic analysis investigating the acoustic correlates of phonemic distinctions: formant values for vowel quality, length measurements for vowel length, pitch measurements for tone, and voice onset time for aspiration in plosives and affricates. A presentation of the basic phonotactic patterns of the language concludes the sketch. Some noteworthy features of Brokpa phonology include its developing tonal system; the relative lack of open vowels, front rounded vowels, and voiced fricatives; the presence of five series of plosives; and some archaic consonant clusters.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Brokpa"},{"word":"Tibetic languages"},{"word":"phonological sketch"},{"word":"tone"},{"word":"phonotactics"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95m6x4p8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Damian","middle_name":"","last_name":"Funk","name_suffix":"","institution":"Universität Bern","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-01-31T15:24:33Z","date_accepted":"2020-01-31T15:24:33Z","date_published":"2020-07-31T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/himalayanlinguistics/article/35053/galley/26126/download/"}]}