Sounds
Badaga has five vowels /i e a o u/, all of which can be contrastively half and fully retroflexed. Only the most conservative dialects have the complete set of contrasts (that is contrasts of pharyngealized and retroflexed vowels).
| IPA | Gloss |
|---|---|
| /noː/ | disease |
| /pọː/ | scar |
| /mo˞e˞/ | sprout |
| /a˞e˞/ | tiger's den |
| /ha˞ːsu/ | to spread out |
| /kạːʃu/ | to remove |
| /i˞ːụ/ | seven |
| /hụːj/ | tamarind |
| /be˞ː/ | bangle |
| /bẹː/ | banana |
| /huj/ | to strike |
| /hu˞j/ | tamarind |
| /ụj/ | chisel |
Note on transcriptions: rhoticity (e.g., ) indicates half-retroflexion or pharyngealization; an underdot (e.g., ) indicates full retroflexion.
Read more about this topic: Badaga Language
Famous quotes containing the word sounds:
“The lovely shapes and sounds intelligible
Of that eternal language, which thy God
Utters, who from eternity doth teach
Himself in all, and all things in himself.”
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834)
“Then sounds the voice of One who like the heart of man
Was once a child who among beasts has lain—
‘Still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my Blood, for thee.’”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“Not many sounds in life ... exceed in interest a knock at the door.”
—Charles Lamb (1775–1834)