Cherokee language -- Phonology

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Tone and accent in Oklahoma Cherokee

by Uchihara, Hiroto

fromOxford studies of endangered languages

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The Cherokee language is the sole representative of the Southern Iroquian branch of the Iroquoian family. It is spoken by around 10, 000 speakers in north-eastern Oklahoma in Cherokee Nation, which consists of eight entire countries and parts of six more countries, and by approx…

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Tone and accent in Oklahoma Cherokee

by Uchihara, Hiroto

fromOxford studies of endangered languages

0 Type: Book

This text examines the tone and accent of Oklahoma Cherokee, in which 6 possible pitch patterns can occur on a syllable: low, high, low-high, high-low, lowfall, and superhigh. It investigates the distribution and source of these patterns, the principles that determine their posi…