5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 539
1950 data
Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 Pitch
02 00 22 31 24 43 02, 24 44, 22
Example m`02 m`00 m`22 m`31
ju`24 s`00 y`o02, yCo24 j`o44, jCo22
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 31 33 42 35 35 45
5.13. Qinglong Zitang
Some words transcribed in the 1950s with [h] were recorded in our data with [ w] and once with
[ F] in the present data. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘evening’ gCl02
F`l13 ‘sea’
g`h44 wh30
‘dry field’ gdh02
wDh13 ‘rice’
gCt31 w`t31
‘to ask’ gCl13
w`l13 ‘morning’
gCs44 wCs24
‘to open’ g`h22
w`h22 ‘to give’
gC44 g`13
The differences in the nucleus of the words transcribed in the 1950s and the same words recorded in our survey are at times fairly significant. [e] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded
as various other nuclei. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English
1950 1990
‘rainbow’ udh44
vDh22 ‘year’
odh22 oh22
‘bean’ odh02
oh13 ‘dry field’
gdh02 wDh13
‘feces’ fd31
fiD31 ‘towel gourd’
sbd22 sbhd=22
‘fan’ odh00
o`h20 ‘green’
fadh13 faDh24
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[u] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei:
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘day’ MtCm00
Mv`:m20 ‘bowl’
sth31 stDh31
‘forest’ fctCM22
fcnM22 ‘bird’
itCj02 iBj13
‘stinkbug’ its02
x=s13 ‘earthworm’
fctm22 fct=m22
‘hand’ gtM00
wnM20 ‘belly’
stM31 snM31
‘blood’ kts02
kt=s13 ‘to boil’
itM22 inM22
‘to crawl’ itm00
It=m20 ‘to ride’
jth02 jvDh13
[i] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei:
English 1950 1990
English 1950
1990
‘tail’ ihM22
i=M20 ‘mosquito net’
iho44 iDo24
‘scissors’ sbh`t00
sb`t20 ‘strength’
ih`M00 i`M30
‘to sew’ ¯ho02
¯Do13 ‘to hang’
uh`m22 uDm22
‘to smile’ iht22
It22 ‘full’
ihl22 iHl22
‘grass’ ¯h44
¯X22 ‘few’
bht44 bDt34
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 31
13 02 44
02 Example
m`22 m`00 m`44 m`31 ju`13 s`02 s`f44 y`o02
Gloss thick field
face mother’s
older brother
to cross river
to scoop to steal
1990 data
Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch
value 33 31 45 41 24 23 45 23
5.14. Shuicheng Fa’er
Most of the words transcribed in the 1950s with [z] initial were transcribed with [ Y], and one
had a [ f] initial. The nucleus of several of these words also was different. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990
‘bird’ ytCj02
YBj24 ‘stinkbug’
yts02 Yt=s33
‘to know’ yt11
ft31 ‘outside’
yt02 Yt13
‘to leak’ yt02
Yt13 ‘bright’
yt`M02 YnM13
5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 541
Some words transcribed in the 1950s with [ G] were recorded in our data with [F]. Examples:
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘rice’ GCt11
Ft31 ‘chin’
G`M00 F`M20
‘to bite’ GCo13
F`j13 ‘bitter’
GCl00 F`M20
Some words transcribed in the 1950s with [h] were recorded in our data with [ w]. There is also
one occurrence each of [ F], [k], [f], and [f] initials. Examples:
English 1950 1990 English 1950
1990
‘morning’ g`s44
ws24 ‘sea’
gd22 wD31
‘goose’ g`m44
w`m33 ‘garlic’
gt33et22 kB31
‘to mend’ gnM33
wnM22 ‘to go up’
g=m22 w=m30
‘to float’ g=t00
Ft20 ‘to close’
gCo44 fj
‘poor’ gt22
et30 ‘to give’
gC22 g`30
[u] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei:
English 1950 1990 English 1950
1990
‘rain’ gtm33
v=m22 ‘mistfog’
lt44 lT=f22
‘day’ MtCm00
Mv`m20 ‘table’
srt`M00 sbBM20
‘sugar cane’ ft`h11
v`:h31 ‘tiger’
jt`j44 jnj33
‘thorn’ ftCm33
v?mf33 ‘brain’
ftCj44 fBj33
‘forest’ fctCM22
fcnM22 ‘bird’
ytCj02 YBj24
‘to ride’ jth02
jvDh13 ‘drum’
jt`M33 jvnM22
[e] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei:
English 1950 1990 English
1950 1990
‘year’ odh33
oDh22 ‘noon meal’
Md00 MD20
‘afternoon meal’ ydM00
y=M20 ‘sea’
gd22 wD31
‘two’ Mdh02
Mh13 ‘this’
mdh11 mDh31
‘tired’ md44
mD33 ‘pretty’
rdt33 rt22
542 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data
[i] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei:
English 1950 1990
English 1950 1990
‘dry field’ yh02
yDh13 ‘tree’
uCh11 uD31
‘navel’ fch22
fc=M22 ‘oil’
iht00 it20
‘scissors’ sbh`t00
sbtX20 ‘money’
bh`m00 sbDm20
‘to hurt’ sbh`s44
sbDs33 ‘die’
s`h33 sD22
‘yellow’ bh`m22
bDm30 ‘green’
bh`t33 bt22
‘cold’ sbh`M11
sb`M30 ‘few’
bht22 bDt30
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
33 00 22 11 44 02 44
02 Example
m`33 m`00 m`22 m`11 ju`44 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, 9
Pitch value 44
33 or 31
41 55 24 44
5.15. Wangmo Fuxing