-
others being short). Thus, a
short vowel contains one mora and is
called monomoraic,
while a long
vowel contains two and is
called bimoraic. Extra-long syllables...
-
syllabaries today tend to have
simple phonotactics, with a
predominance of
monomoraic (CV) syllables. For example, the
modern Yi
script is used to
write languages...
-
phonologically long or
bimoraic and /æ/, /e/, and /o/
phonologically short or
monomoraic.
There are also some
studies that
consider quality and
quantity to be...
-
Diphthongs First element Short (
monomoraic) Long (bimoraic)
Close iy̯ iːy̯ Mid eo̯ eːo̯ Open æɑ̯ æːɑ̯...
- syllables,
monomoraic and
bimoraic syllables.
Unstressed syllables,
syllables with
short vowels, and non-sonorant
codas are
considered monomoraic, whereas...
- so may have a high (HH), low (LL),
rising (LH), or
falling (HL) tone.
Monomoraic lexical roots, such as /cú/ 'mouth', are high-
rather than low-tone by...
-
vowel length in both
monophthongs and diphthongs.
Short diphthongs were
monomoraic,
taking up the same
amount of time as
short vowels,
while long diphthongs...
-
other dialects. A
recurring tendency to
lengthen vowels at the end of
monomoraic nouns.
Common examples are /kiː/ for 木 /ki/ "tree", /kaː/ for 蚊 /ka/ "mosquito"...
- and [áà].
Unlike Traill,
Naumann does not find a four-way
contrast on
monomoraic grammatical forms in
Eastern ǃXoõ data. In
addition to
lexical tone, Traill...
-
Diphthongs in Old
English First element Short (
monomoraic) Long (bimoraic)
Spelling (original)
Spelling (modern editions) Mid e͝o e͞o eo eo, ēo Low æ͝ɑ...
