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1950 data
Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 Pitch
22 20 44 31 24 02 24
02 Example
m`22 m`20 m`44 m`31 ju`24 s`02 y`o24, yCo24 j`o00,
jCo00 Gloss thick
field face
mother’s older
brother to cross
river
to carry with shoulder pole,
small pig basket
to press between,
to catch
1990 data
Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch
value 33 31 55 42 35 24 35 24
5.19. Zhenning Shitouzhai
Most of the words transcribed in the 1950s with [z] initial were transcribed with [ Y]. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘root’ y`02
Y`13 ‘goat’
ytM00 YtnM20
‘bird’ ynf02
YBj13 ‘stinkbug’
yts02 Yt=s13
‘to vomit’ yt02
Yt13 ‘boat’
yt00 Yt20
A few words transcribed in the 1950s with [h] were recorded in our data with [ w]. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘to ask’ gCM44
wC:M33 ‘morning’
gCs44 wCs23
‘to answer’ g`m22
w?m22 ‘goose’
g`m44 wm24
‘to close’ gCj44
wCj44 ‘to open’
gd2 wD22
A few words transcribed in the 1950s with [ G] were recorded in our data with [F], [u], or [v]
initials. Examples:
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘bank river’ GCm00
FCm20 ‘hand’
GnM00 unM20
‘evening’ GCM02
FC:M13 ‘shoulder pole’
G`m00 v?M20
The [ f] final on many words in BYDCBG was recorded as [j] in our data:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘tiger’ jnf44
jnj23 ‘bird’
ynf02 YBj13
‘ink’ lCf02
lC:j13 ‘to fall’
snf44 snj33
‘to steal’ yCf02
yCj13 ‘to wash’
KCf02 KCj13
550 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data
The vowel [ d] transcribed in the 1950s was recorded as various different vowels in our data.
Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘sky’ fadm22
fa=m22 ‘year’
odh22 oh33
‘noon meal’ Md00
MD20 ‘dry field’
Gdh44 Gh13
‘feces’ fhd31
fhD31 ‘towel gourd’
sbd22 sbhd=22
‘net’ bhd22
bhD34 ‘to peel’
fadh44 fah23
‘die’ sd22
sD22 ‘to walk’
o’d31 o’D30
[u] in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as various other vowels in our data:
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘mistfog’ lt=44
ltn=33 ‘late’
kt`s44 ktCs24
‘forest’ fctCM22
fcnM22 ‘goat’
ytM00 YtnM20
‘stinkbug’ yts02
Yt=s13 ‘earthworm’
fctm22 fct=m22
‘knee’ et=44
Gtn=34 ‘heart’
st`M44 snM34
The vowel [a] transcribed in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as different vowels in our data.
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘dirt’ m`M02
mC:M13 ‘river’
s`02 sC13
‘building’ y`m00
y?m20 ‘village’
fa`m31 faCm31
‘fruit’ l`44
l?24 ‘horse’
l`31 lC31
‘goose’ g`m44
wm24 ‘mosquito’
mh`M00 mhCM20
‘body’ fc`M22
fcCM22 ‘fish’
o`22 oC22
[ =] in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as various other vowels in our data.
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘door’ s=t22
st22 ‘chopsticks’
s=02 s?13
‘cat’ l=t22
lCt22 ‘meat’
mt=02 mt13
‘socks’ l=s02
l?s13 ‘to float’
G=t00 GCt20
‘to buy’ sr=31
srD31 ‘1
st
person singular’ j=t22
jt22 [i] in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as various other vowels in our data.
English 1950 1990
English 1950
1990
‘tooth’ rh`t31
rC:t31 ‘mosquito net’
bhf44 bh=j33
‘to rest’ bhs44
bHs33 ‘ten’
sb’hj02 sbHo13
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[o] in BYDCBG was recorded as [ B] twice, and as [C:t] and [uo] once each.
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘bat’ un00
uC:t20 ‘bird’
ynf02 YBj13
‘to go down’ ynM00
YtnM20 ‘shallow’
fanf44 faBj33
The pitch values as reported in the 1950s data and in our data are given below.
1950 data
Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 Pitch
22 00 44 42 13 02 44
02 Example
m`22 m`00 m`44 m`42 ju`13 s`02 y`o44, yCo44 j`o02,
jCo02 Gloss thick
field face
mother’s older
brother to cross
river to carry with
shoulder pole, small pig basket
to press between,
to catch
1990 data
Category 1 2 3,
4 5 6 7 8
Pitch value 44 31 42 34 24 45 24
5.20. Ziyun Huohua