Duyun Fuxi Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data

5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 527 [e] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘sand’ yd24 jD24 ‘grass’ ¯hd22 ¯h=22 ‘cow’ srhd20 sbh=20 ‘feces’ fd42 fD31 ‘scissors’ sbdt20 sbDt20 ‘net’ yd02 yD13 ‘eight’ ods24 oDs24 ‘yellow’ gdm22 wDm22 ‘old’ sbd24 sbdh24 ‘at’ id24 i=24 The difference in the tone values transcribed in the 1950s data and the tones recorded in our data is not great. The pitch values as reported in the 1950s data are given below, as are the pitch values from our data. 1950 data Tone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pitch 00 20 22 42 24 44 24 44, 20 Example m`00 m`20 m`22 m`42 ju`24 s`44 y`o24, yCo24 j`o44, jCo20 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 24 41 33 51 35 55 35 32 44

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Most of the words transcribed in the 1950s with [z] initial were transcribed with [ Y], and two had a [l] initial. The nucleus of several of these words also was different. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘afternoon meal’ yhM00 khM20 ‘building’ y`m00 Y`m22 ‘road’ ytCm02 Yt`m24 ‘bird’ ytCf02 Ynj13 ‘to chop’ yCl20 Yt`m33 ‘long’ yCh00 Yh221 ‘bright’ ytCM24 Yt`M24 ‘stinkbug’ yL:s22 kh=s33 528 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data The final stop [ f] transcribed for several words in BYDCBG was not found in our data. Most of those words were recorded with a [k] final stop. English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘mistfog’ lt`f22 lt24 ‘root’ y`f22 y`j24 ‘girl’ faLf24 fa=j24 ‘guest’ ih`f22 i`j33 ‘six’ yt`f24 ynj24 ‘heavy’ mCf24 m`j24 The nucleus [ L] transcribed in the 1950s was recorded as various different vowels in our data. Examples: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘sky’ faLm02 fa=m13 ‘cloud’ uL=20 v=20 ‘rain’ uLm02 u=m13 ‘cow’ srL00 srh=22 ‘tail’ yL:M02 yh=M13 ‘wing’ uL:s24 v=s24 ‘feather’ oLm02 o=m13 ‘stinkbug’ yL:s22 kh=s33 ‘earthworm’ fcL:m02 fcDm13 ‘ear’ yL=00 Yh=220 ‘navel’ fcL=02 fch=13 ‘hand’ uLM00 u=:M22 ‘blood’ kL:s24 khns24 ‘lungs’ oLs24 o=s24 [u] in the 1950s data was sometimes recorded as various other nuclei: English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘wind’ ktl00 kn:l22 ‘late’ kt`s22 kns24 ‘bird’ ytCf02 Ynj13 ‘road’ ytCm02 Yt`m13 ‘bear’ lth02 lnh24 ‘to vomit’ yt:f22 Yt=f24 ‘to boil’ ytM02 ynM13 ‘lock’ ktM20 knM20 ‘weaving machine’ srt:M00 srtM220 ‘to swell’ FtCf02 vnf220 ‘wash’ rth22 rtDh33 ‘two’ rtCM02 rnM02 ‘shallow’ fatCf24 fBj24 ‘Bouyei people’ fith42 finh31 5. Comparison of 1990s data with 1950s data 529 The vowel [i] transcribed in BYDCBG was sometimes recorded as a slightly different vowel or vowel combination in our data. English 1950 1990 English 1950 1990 ‘oil’ iht00 ihnt221 ‘cucumber’ sh:M02 sh=M02 ‘mosquito net’ yh:o22 yho24 ‘three-legged stand’ sbh:M00 sbh=M33 ‘to borrow’ sbh22 sbhD=44 ‘to lead by pulling’ srhM02 sbHM13 ‘to smile’ yht02 yhDt13 ‘to ride’ jth24 jtDh24 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 02 00 20 42 22 24 22, 24 24, 02 Example m`02 m`00 m`20 m`42 ju`22 s`24 y`o22, yCo24 j`o24, 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 10 Pitch value 24 33 31 41 44 35 45 33 44 25

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