How Did Long Terawan Berawan develop sixteen vowel phonemes?

The Long Terawan Berawan system of vowel phonemes consists of one monophthong in the antepenult, schwa, and four monophthongs in the penult, i, ə, a, and u. However, the final syllable exhibits ten monophthongs (i, ĭ, e, ĕ, a, ă, u, ŭ, o, ŏ) and six diphthongs (əi, əu, ăi, ai, ău, au). The paper des...

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Main Author: Burkhardt, Jurgen Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54451/1/document.pdf
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English