Dushan Nanzhai Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data

524 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 1950 data Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch 02 20 22 42 24 44 24 44, 20 Example m`02 m`20 m`22 m`42 ju`24 s`44 y`o24, yo24 j`o44, jo20 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, 9 8 10 Pitch value 13 21 22 41 25 44 34 21 33

5.5. Dushan Nanzhai

With regard to initials, some words transcribed with a [v] initial in BYDCBG were recorded with a [w] initial in our data. For example: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘thorn’ u`m00 vm13 ‘flower’ u`00 v`13 ‘water buffalo’ u`h00 v`:h20 ‘seed’ uCm00 vm13 ‘sweet’ u`m00 v`m13 ‘cotton’ u`h24 v`h24 Most words transcribed with a [z] initial in BYDCBG survey were recorded in our survey with [ Y]. English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘early’ ynl44 Ytl34 ‘afternoon meal’ yhM20 YhM20 ‘water’ yCl42 Yl42 ‘sand’ yd24 YDh24 ‘road’ yBm00 Yvm13 ‘dry field’ yh44 Yh22 ‘to get up’ yLm24 Yt=m24 ‘to go down’ yBM20 pnM20 ‘to comb’ ynh00 YtDh13 ‘to carry with hand’ yht22 idt22 Several of the words transcribed with the initial [h] in BYDCBG were recorded with a [ w], [j], or [ G]. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘morning’ gCs02 G`s13 ‘evening’ gCl44 Gl22 ‘stone’ ghm00 ihm13 ‘bank river’ gCm24 wm20 ‘knee’ gn24 Gn24 ‘garlic’ gn00 Gn24 ‘bitter’ gCl20 wl20 ‘ginger’ ghM00 ihM13 ‘to bite’ gCo22 y`o32 ‘to go up’ gLm22 w=m22 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 525 The [ L] nucleus transcribed in BYDCBG was often recorded in our data as various other nuclei. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘cloud’ uL=22 uT22 ‘wind’ yLl20 y=l20 ‘chopsticks’ sL44 sX33 ‘rain’ uLm00 u=m13 ‘leaf’ fa`L00 faX13 ‘vegetable’ oi`L22 oi`X02 ‘beard’ lLl44 l=l24 ‘feather’ oLm00 o=m13 ‘clean’ rCL00 rDt13 ‘deep’ kCL22 k=22 ‘near’ sbCL22 sbh221 ‘top’ jLm20 j=m20 The nucleus [u] transcribed in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as [ tD] or [t=]. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘bowl’ sth42 stDh42 ‘goat’ it:M20 it=M20 ‘to swallow’ fctm42 fct=m44 ‘weaving machine’ rtM20 rt=M20 ‘to crawl’ yt:m20 Yt=m20 ‘younger sibling’ mt:M42 mt=M42 The nucleus [e] transcribed in BYDCBG was recorded in our data as various other nuclei. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘sand’ yd24 YDh24 ‘grass’ ¯d22 ¯hD22 ‘cow’ bhd20 bh=20 ‘bear’ ldh00 lDh13 ‘ear’ yhd20 YhD20 ‘navel’ fchd00 fch13 ‘scissors’ sbdt20 sbDt20 ‘money’ srdm20 bDm20 Below is a summary of the tonal pitch values of Dushan Mawei from BYDCBG and from our data. 1950 data Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch 00 20 22 42 24 44 02 44, 22 Example m`00 m`20 m`22 m`42 ju`24 s`44 y`o02, yo02 j`o44, jo22 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, 9 8, 10 Pitch value 34 41 43 453 35 34 23 44 526 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data

5.6. Dushan Shuiyan