Articulation of Nasal Consonants in the Ikema Dialect of Miyako Ryukyuan of Southern Ryukyu
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- Fujimoto Masako
- Sophia Linguistic Institute for International Communication, Sophia University
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- Shinohara Shigeko
- Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, CNRS/Sorbonne Nouvelle
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- Kitamura Tatsuya
- Faculty of Intelligence and Informatics, Konan University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 南琉球宮古島池間方言の鼻子音の調音
Abstract
<p>In Miyako Ryukyuan, nasal consonant sequences occur at the beginning of words. One of its dialects, Ikema, features voiceless nasal sounds characterized by frication noise. This study examined the articulation of nasal consonants in Ikema using real-time MRI data from two speakers. The study found that the nasal consonant sequence starting with a voiceless nasal [m̥m] (voiceless [m] followed by voiced [m]) has a larger oral cavity area and that the sequence starting with [n̥n] (voiceless [n] followed by voiced [n]) has a greater degree of velum lowering than their voiced counterparts. Either of these factors could intensify the airflow noise. The tongue position of the word-final /n/ tends to assimilate to that of the preceding vowel, which is a shared feature with standard Japanese, as recently reported.</p>
Journal
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- Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan
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Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan 27 (1), 13-26, 2023-07-31
The Phonetic Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390578437525252480
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- ISSN
- 21895961
- 13428675
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed