Open AccessThe phonetic structures of Hadza
Author(s) -
Bonny Sands,
Ian Maddieson,
Peter Ladefoged
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
studies in african linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2154-428X
pISSN - 0039-3533
DOI - 10.32473/sal.v25i2.107401
Subject(s) - linguistics , place of articulation , articulation (sociology) , field (mathematics) , history , computer science , vowel , mathematics , consonant , philosophy , political science , politics , pure mathematics , law
Hadza is one of three East African languages with clicks. Previous field repons on this language have disagreed on several of its phonetic chanacteristics, including the number and nature of the clicks. This paper-based on acoustic and aniculatory analyses of data collected in recent fieldwork-presents a more detailed picture than any previous work. Special attention is given to the articulation of the click types and the acoustic features of the click accompaniments, the role of aspiration in distinguishing classes of consonants, and the fonnant structure of vowels.