Linguistics 450 Introduction to Phonetics Ibibio Lexical Tone

Linguistics 450 Introduction to Phonetics Ibibio Lexical Tone and Length Contrasts LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman 1

Ibibio vowels and tones • Vowels • Tones – High [dá] ‘stand’ – Low [dà] ‘mate, friend’ Urua, Eno-Abasi E. 2004. 'Ibibio. ' Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34: 105 -109. LING 450 slide by Sharon Hargus 2

Ibibio consonants kp á ‘die’ /ŋen/ [ŋw èn] ‘be dark’ “In stem initial position, /ŋ/ is realised as [ŋ w] and [ŋ] elsewhere. ” “The bilabial plosives, [p] and /b/, occur in complementary distribution and do not contrast. ” “Plosives are weakened in intervocalic position as follows: [p, b] →[β]; t, d → [ɾ]; k → [R] ∼ [ɰ] (where [R] is used as the voiced uvular tap and [ɰ] the voiced velar approximant). ” LING 450 slide by Sharon Hargus 3

Ibibio length contrasts [jòmó] ‘be noisy’ [jòmːó] ‘boo at’ [nèm] ‘be delicious’ [nèːm] ‘crack palm kernel’ LING 450 slide by Sharon Hargus 4

Transcription Practice #1 ‘be afraid of’ [bàːk] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 5

Transcription Practice #2 ‘be alive’ [dù] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 6

Transcription Practice #3 ‘be clean’ [sáná] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 7

Transcription Practice #4 ‘be early’ [bàk] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 8

Transcription Practice #5 ‘be named’ /kèt é/ [kèɾé] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 9

Transcription Practice #6 ‘bite’ [dóm] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 10

Transcription Practice #7 ‘bite many things’ [dóːm] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 11

Transcription Practice #8 ‘cane’ [ɔ bɔ ŋ] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 12

Transcription Practice #9 ‘console’ [wéŋ] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 13

Transcription Practice #10 ‘give’ [nɔ ] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 14

Transcription Practice #11 ‘go’ [kàá] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 15

Transcription Practice #12 ‘goat’ [ébót] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 16

Transcription Practice #13 ‘lock’ [kɔ p] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 17

Transcription Practice #14 ‘marry’ [dɔ ] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 18

Transcription Practice #15 ‘mosquito’ [ɔ bɔ ŋ] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 19

Transcription Practice #16 ‘move a bit further’ [sànːá] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 20

Transcription Practice #17 ‘scoop food’ [kɔ p] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 21

Transcription Practice #18 ‘sell’ [ɲàm] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 22

Transcription Practice #19 ‘there’ [dó] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 23

Transcription Practice #20 ‘think’ /két é/ [kéɾé] LING 450 slide by Esther Le Grézause 24

Ibibio transcription practice 1. ‘be afraid of’ 11. ‘go’ 2. ‘be alive’ 12. ‘goat’ 3. ‘be clean’ 13. ‘lock’ 4. ‘be early’ 14. ‘marry’ 5. ‘be named’ 15. ‘mosquito’ 6. ‘bite’ 16. ‘move a bit further’ 7. ‘bite many things’ 17. ‘scoop food’ 8. ‘cane’ 18. ‘sell’ 9. ‘console’ 19. ‘there’ 10. ‘give’ 20. ‘think’ LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman 25

Ibibio transcription KEY 1. ‘be afraid of’ [bàːk] 2. ‘be alive’ [dù] 3. ‘be clean’ [sáná] 4. ‘be early’ [bàk] 5. ‘be named’ /kèt é/ [kèɾé] 15. ‘mosquito’ 6. ‘bite’ [dóm] [ɔ bɔ ŋ] 7. ‘bite many things’ [dóːm] 8. ‘cane’ [ɔ bɔ ŋ] 17. ‘scoop food’ 9. ‘console’ [wéŋ] ‘sell’ 10. ‘give’ [nɔ ] 11. ‘go’ LING 450 slide by Valerie Freeman [kàá] 13. ‘lock’ [kɔ p] 14. ‘marry’ [dɔ ] 16. 18. ‘move a bit further’ [sànːá] [kɔ p] [ɲàm] 19. ‘there’ [dó] 26