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Sotho tonology

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2225:(FR) causes any H tones spread to the final syllable of the verb complex to be removed. This rule is not applied under all circumstances, and is never applied if the verb's stem is monosyllabic (that is, it never delinks the H tone on the verb stem's first syllable). It is also never applied when the verb is immediately followed a direct object (therefore it doesn't undo ITS, or the high tone copied to a disyllabic H verb's last syllable if it is immediately followed by an object). For example, ("I love" with no direct object): 1239: 1082: 972: 879: 271: 1535:(actually, present-future subjunctive) may be specified by putting H tones on the first syllable (the subjectival concord's basic tone is ignored), the second syllable, and final syllable of the word and putting an explicit L tone on the fourth syllable (unless if the verb is disyllabic, in which case the fourth syllable is the final syllable and has an H tone)—thus preventing HTD. 1349:, where the absolute pitch (not tones) of the speaker's voice is gradually decreased as the sentence continues (often resulting in initial low tones being pronounced at a higher pitch than final high tones), is a feature during natural speech. Basically, a high tone immediately following a low tone is pronounced at a slightly lower frequency than a previous high tone. 1509:(for example, with many verb conjugations the only difference between the indicative mood and the participial sub-mood is one of tone). These are applied before most other rules and may be indicated by a code including the symbols H (high tone), L (low tone), B (verb stem's basic tone), and * (iteratively applying the preceding tone). 3044:), and null (ø)—and indeed many authors and researchers do. The truth is revealed by noting that all tonal rules work by only manipulating high tones, thus each syllable may be either attached to a high tone (H), or not attached at all (ø). A three tone model would at least require a rule that works exclusively on the L tones. 1585:(that is, in the speaker's lexicon), some, but not necessarily all, of the segments of morphemes are associated with one or more properties. The segments are on one "tier" and their properties are on another, and the relationships between the two are indicated by joining them with association lines as follows: 785:
Most of these allotones only appear on the final word in the phrase in moderately slow or emphasised speech. When not phrase-final, the mid, high-falling, high-mid, low-falling, and extra-low allotones are normally not heard. Bear in mind that the falling tones only occur on lengthened syllables, and
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are bounded spreading languages as they have primitive rules which directly cause underlying high tones to be associated with (spread to) syllables to the right. The closely related Nguni languages, on the other hand, are unbounded shifting languages as they have primitive rules which directly cause
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There are numerous examples in rule-based linguistic models (such as autosegmental phonology) when the OCP is broken or only applied under some circumstances. For example, the fact that HTD causes the first two syllables of an H verb stem to be high is yet another "violation" of the OCP. Some Bantu
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and the formation of many positive participial sub-mood clauses.) The rules are generally not very dramatic either, and there is generally a very strong tendency to preserve underlying high tones. (For example, in the Nguni languages the underlying high tone of verb stems, subjectival concords, the
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and other languages greatly complicates their tonology. (In Sesotho there is absolutely no interaction whatsoever between the tonemes and phones of the syllables.) There are also very few instances of "floating" tones, and fewer grammatical constructs indicated purely by a change in tone. (The most
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In the table, a process is unbounded if there is no set limit on the number of syllables over which it may occur. Sesotho has basic bounded spread (High Tone Doubling) and isiZulu has basic unbounded shift. Bounded shift in Sesotho occurs as the cumulative effect of bounded right tone spread (High
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Another way to designate the melodies is to use a standard template of the tense in question and indicate the melody by assigning tones to specific syllables in the resultant word (for example, the final syllable, the subjectival concord, etc.). So for the above example the Subjunctive Melody
1956:(ITS) causes the H tone found on the first syllable of the verb stem to be spread repeatedly to the right until the end of the verb complex. This rule is only applied in certain situations (such as when forming the perfect). For example, ("I have bought for..." with two direct objects): 2301:(LTA) is the very last rule applied and is always applied in all circumstances (not just when dealing with verbs). It simply assigns all unlinked segments (that is, segments with null tone) with an L tone. For example, ("She is looking on behalf of" with two direct objects): 1543:
Sesotho is a grammatical tone language; this means that words may be pronounced with varying tonal patterns depending on their particular function in a sentence. Another interpretation is that the tones of the language interact in their own intricate "tonal grammar."
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stems fall into two categories: H stems and L stems. The difference lies in the "underlying tone" of the stem's first syllable (or the stem's "basic tone") being either high or null. When used with an object in the indicative remote future tense (the simple
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Nouns derived from the verb stem are fossilised with the tones of the simple class 15 infinitive as appears in medial positions without a subject or object. The procedure for creating this tonal pattern is intricate and involves several
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due to the influence of surrounding tones and the length of the syllable. These changes naturally occur due to the way the language is spoken, including the effect of the penultimate lengthening, but ultimately each syllable of every
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These factors may also apply in normal verbal conjugations. Adding a verbal suffix (through derivation, not inflexion) creates a new verb stem which falls in the same tone category as the original, and is subject to the same rules.
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which causes an H tone spread from a subjectival concord to a verbal auxiliary infix or objectival concord immediately to the left of the verb stem to be removed (delinked) if the verb stem is an H stem. For example, ("They
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Each of the rules changes the associations in some way. For example, High Tone Doubling (HTD) causes the underlying H tone on the first syllable of the verb to also be linked to the syllable immediately to the right:
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Furthermore, the second last syllable of the word is lengthened (or "stressed"), and the interaction of the tones as well as the penultimate lengthening results in the word being pronounced with pitch levels
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The number may increase or decrease depending on how one counts etc, but there are only two contrastive tonemes in the language. The enumeration may be further complicated by considering the effects of
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Various factors mean that the tones of a word may change, but the characteristic tone in a Sesotho word is found when the word is the last in a question sentence not employing the interrogative
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However, the Sesotho system is by no means the most complicated, nor even one of the more complicated. For example, there exist African grammatical tone languages with much more than just two
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Note that the three main levels are always applied in this order, though the actual rules contained in the levels will change depending on the parts of speech, verb moods, etc. For the word
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The most important property of tonal languages which distinguishes them from languages that merely use pitch as part of intonation (such as English) is the existence of numerous tonal
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Some systems without the necessary monospace fonts may render the diagrams used to illustrate the tonal rules incorrectly. Within these diagrams, hovering the mouse cursor over most
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Autosegmental phonology was motivated by the need to represent properties which seem to span several "segments" (in our case, syllables) and seem to be somewhat independent of them.
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underlying high tones to be moved (shifted to) syllables to the right. The following table presents an informal comparison between the tonal processes found in Sesotho and isiZulu (
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The second last syllable of the word is lengthened and the interaction of the tones as well as the penultimate lengthening results in the word being pronounced with pitch levels
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The fact that the line emanating from the second syllable is only linked on the HTD line means that this is the first time that syllable is associated with that property.
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To form a locative from a noun, one of the possible procedures involves simply suffixing a low tone to the noun. To form the locative meaning "on the grass" one suffixes
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It regularly occurs that two otherwise similar sounding phrases may have two very different meanings mainly due to a difference in tone of one or more words or concords.
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tense) the verb's stem is monotonous (all syllables high toned or all low toned) with the underlying tone of the first syllable spread to all the following syllables.
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All examples marked with are included in the audio samples. If a table caption is marked then all Sesotho examples in that table are included in the audio samples.
3217:. In J. Mugane et al. (eds.), Selected proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 147-157. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. 2381:
To construct many verb forms, including many positive indicative tenses without direct objects as well as infinitives, the following rules are applied in order:
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In this and related articles, the tonemes of a word are delimited with square brackets and the specific (approximate) spoken allotones are between curly braces.
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Tone Doubling) and Left Branch Delinking, while various forms of spreading may occur in isiZulu if the word is very short or has two or more underlying highs.
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Each complete Sesotho word has an inherent tone for its syllables, which, although not essential to forming correct speech, will betray a foreign accent:
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languages also have a "Plateau rule" which changes tone pattern (HøH) to (HHH)—a process which actively creates a sequence that "violates" the OCP.
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There are instances of words being changed either through inflexion or derivation and as a result ending up sounding exactly like other words.
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pronounced with exactly the same tonal patterns. In these cases only the context may be used to distinguish between the different meanings.
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One popular classification of tonal Bantu languages broadly separates them into two group: shifting languages and spreading languages. The
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noun pre-prefix, and/or objectival concords often shifts several syllables to the right, to the antepenultimate or penultimate syllable.)
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In a nutshell (under syntactic and/or Optimal Domains theory) the finality restriction prevents a high tone from being
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if a word has irregular stress then the falling tones will not appear on the penult (for example, the second form of
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The tone of a syllable is carried by the vowel, or the nasal, if the nasal is syllabic. The tone carried by syllabic
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to the last syllable of the "Prosodic phrase" (though an underlying phrase-final high tone will be left alone). See
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In this article, the application of several rules in succession will be indicated with the following abbreviation:
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was largely motivated by the need for a satisfactory theoretical framework to deal with the tonal grammars of
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Some nouns derived from verbs have idiomatic tonal patterns independent of the original verb stem's tones.
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and is not applied by all Sesotho speakers. For example, ("They see..." when used with a direct object):
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The tones of the noun prefixes of nouns derived from verbs are independent of the tones of the stem.
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There are several cases of seemingly tonemic instances of some of these allotones. As expected, some
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Note that when grammatical tone is used the tone of the significant word may influence the relative
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In order to create certain grammatical constructs, certain tonal rules may be used to modify the
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Several "tonal melodies" may be assigned to certain verbal conjugations based on the desired
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Optimality Domains Theory and Bantu tonology: a case study from isiXhosa and Shingazidja
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For example, applying the (present) "Subjunctive Melody" (HL*H) to the H verb stem
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The purpose of the tones can fall into at least one of the following categories:
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One could just as easily say that there are three underlying tone types—high (H
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In dealing with verbs, the following rules may be applied at various times:
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as this is the part of speech most radically affected by the tonal grammar.
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Names, being nouns, frequently have a tonal pattern distinct from the noun:
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The rules presented below are almost exclusively used in constructing the
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has an irregular extra-high tone (except when used to form demonstrative
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Doke & Vilakazi cites nine pitch levels (not counting contours) for
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In speech, the two surface tonemes may be pronounced as one of several
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This system is naturally somewhat complex. Indeed, the development of
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Thus in all there are, at least in our analysis, eight allotones
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Noun class prefixes, in the bodies of words, and finally after H
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may be completely described as having only high and low tones.
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The orthography used in this and related articles is that of
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Additionally, a slightly more dramatic lowering of pitch (a
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H verb (i) 'to forge metal', 'to hammer'; (ii) 'to undress'
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111–134. Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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might be used by a small child to address their father.
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200–224. University of London, Vol. 13, No. 1. (1949)
1555:. The words are then spoken using the surface tones. 2988:The word appears on the surface with tonal pattern 2724:The word appears on the surface with tonal pattern 3159:526–538. Clifton Park, NY: Thomas Delmar Learning. 2761: 2002: 1968: 1318:('I am looking for them' present indicative mood) 218:common instances of this are rule 1 of the plain 2274: 2237: 2094: 2049: 1915: 1873: 1219:(i) 'hare', (ii) 'creation' (from the L verb 837:which may be interpreted as rising allotones. 833:do have audible upward "swoops" on depressing 312:A classic example of a nasal carrying a tone: 2470: 982:Determining the characteristic tone of a word 160: 101: 8: 3142:Problems in the acquisition of tonal systems 2341: 2313: 1853:(whether it is used as part of a verb or a 810:(where the L is penultimate) is pronounced 346:, but a child would call their own mother 3119:Cassimjee, F. and Kisseberth, C. W. 1998. 1686: 1640: 1596: 119: 108: 94: 18: 3204:Tone in South African Bantu Dictionaries 3193:Sotho-Nguni orthography and tone marking 2756: 2752: 2465: 2461: 2336: 2308: 2304: 2269: 2232: 2228: 2190: 2185: 2145: 2140: 2136: 2089: 2044: 2040: 1997: 1963: 1959: 1910: 1868: 1864: 1780: 1681: 1677: 1635: 1631: 1591: 1587: 1374: 1370: 1334:of the rest of the phrase, although the 1202:(i) 'termite'; (ii) 'lawn grass (of the 807:There are no rising tones. For example, 410: 194:(unlike the lexical tone system used in 3014: 572:Penultimate syllable of phrase before L 21: 1417:(L verb stem) lie (face downwards) ⇒ 1338:of other words tend to remain intact. 1270: 1113: 1003: 910: 302: 2746:Extending the word by one syllable ( 804:due to the stressed final syllable). 7: 2284:       2279:       2250:       2242:       1728:       1703:       169:pronunciation key (excluding tones). 1859:the current disjunctive orthography 1524:('so I may look at the lion') and 1479:(L verb stem) ('be sufficient') ⇒ 352:, using it as a first name. Also, 3215:High Tone Spread in the Sotho Verb 3167:Textbook of Southern Sotho Grammar 1177:There are, however, several basic 1062:('do you want to be a scientist?') 1049:('do you want to be a scientist?') 340:The Sesotho word for "mother" is 295:Audio sample of the examples below 14: 1783:Sesotho and isiZulu tonal effects 16:Tone system of the Sotho language 1403: 1271:Problems playing this file? See 1253: 1188:L verb (i) 'rule'; (ii) 'divine' 1114:Problems playing this file? See 1096: 1004:Problems playing this file? See 986: 911:Problems playing this file? See 893: 821:though one might have expected * 303:Problems playing this file? See 285: 3127:33–132. Stanford, Calif.: CSLI. 2393:Verb roots (including melodies) 2032:(RBD) is an application of the 1487:('human right'; irregular tone 788:the first demonstrative pronoun 192:Sesotho grammatical tone system 2359:      1520:('look for') results in both 1030:('you want to be a scientist') 165:Sesotho text should reveal an 1: 1577:About autosegmental phonology 1516:('see') and the L verb stem 1435:('to be caused to lie'), etc. 3165:, and Mofokeng, S. M. 1974. 2034:obligatory contour principle 1551:of the word to create their 1263:Audio sample of the examples 1106:Audio sample of the examples 1067:Distinguishing/semantic tone 996:Audio sample of the examples 903:Audio sample of the examples 1441:(H verb stem) ('judge') ⇒ 1360:) naturally occurs between 1294:('he/she/it is your child') 450:After another H, not penult 3248: 3153:Sesotho speech acquisition 2402:(rule assigned tones) 1465:('state of being a judge') 1034:Na o batla ho eba setsebi? 3106:for a fuller explanation. 1483:('be sufficient for') ⇒ 637: 432: 2966:     2223:The Finality Restriction 2112:     2103:     2070:     2015:     2007:     1978:     1973:     1939:     1891:     1882:     1490:instead of the expected 848:have strange tones, but 700:('to perform mischief') 3202:Schadeberg, T.C. 1981. 3186:Zulu-English Dictionary 3104:Sesotho deficient verbs 1560:autosegmental phonology 1429:('to cause to lie') ⇒ 1053:O batla ho eba setsebi? 655:Finally after another L 358:means "father", while 209:, and the existence of 3135:Acquisition of Sesotho 2750:'She is conducting'): 2030:Right Branch Delinking 1767:Sotho–Tswana languages 1620:An H verb ("see-able") 1242: 1085: 1015:O batla ho eba setsebi 975: 882: 491:In the bodies of words 407:(low—high-falling—low) 395:(L—H — L), allotones: 274: 242:is left over from the 3151:Demuth, K. In press. 2784:underlyingly (H stem) 2493:underlyingly (H stem) 2127:Left Branch Delinking 1954:Iterative Tone Spread 1564:Niger–Congo languages 1241: 1084: 974: 881: 413:Tonemes and allotones 273: 180:Niger–Congo languages 3191:Tucker, A. N. 1949. 2389:(lexical tones) 831:depressor consonants 793:which is pronounced 790:has tonemic pattern 392:euphemism; tonemes: 2980:Constructing a word 2828:subjectival concord 2716:Constructing a word 2535:subjectival concord 2299:Low Tone Assignment 1851:subjectival concord 1785: 1286:('I am your child') 889:Characteristic tone 868:Characteristic tone 530:Finally in a phrase 501:('to investigate') 415: 151:Sesotho orthography 3213:Zerbian, S. 2006. 2944:    2926:    2902:    2884:    2861:    2845:    2820:    2801:    2776:    1847:High Tone Doubling 1781: 1322:Ke batlana le bona 1314:Ke batlana le bona 1310:('he/she is ugly') 1243: 1086: 976: 883: 411: 275: 213:consonants in the 3140:Demuth, K. 1995. 3023:tone-bearing unit 2986: 2985: 2973: 2972: 2722: 2721: 2709: 2708: 2439:Postlexical level 2374: 2373: 2370: 2369: 2324: 2323: 2295: 2294: 2291: 2290: 2257: 2256: 2219: 2218: 2215: 2214: 2173: 2172: 2123: 2122: 2119: 2118: 2077: 2076: 2026: 2025: 2022: 2021: 1985: 1984: 1950: 1949: 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2462: 2416:Subject concords 2406:Subject concords 2387:Underlying level 2364: 2360: 2355: 2353: 2348: 2343: 2337: 2329: 2315: 2309: 2305: 2285: 2280: 2276: 2270: 2262: 2251: 2247: 2243: 2239: 2233: 2229: 2209: 2205: 2200: 2196: 2192: 2186: 2178: 2167: 2163: 2158: 2155: 2151: 2147: 2141: 2137: 2113: 2109: 2104: 2100: 2096: 2090: 2082: 2071: 2067: 2062: 2059: 2055: 2051: 2045: 2041: 2016: 2012: 2008: 2004: 1998: 1990: 1979: 1974: 1970: 1964: 1960: 1940: 1936: 1932: 1928: 1925: 1921: 1917: 1911: 1903: 1892: 1888: 1883: 1879: 1875: 1869: 1865: 1838:Some tonal rules 1827: 1822: 1812: 1807: 1791: 1786: 1777: 1773: 1736: 1729: 1726: 1722: 1718: 1715: 1711: 1704: 1701: 1698: 1695: 1692: 1688: 1682: 1678: 1654: 1650: 1646: 1642: 1636: 1632: 1607: 1602: 1598: 1592: 1588: 1549:underlying tones 1453:('judgement'), 1378: 1375: 1371: 1302:('you are ugly') 1290:Ke ngwana wa hao 1282:Ke ngwana wa hao 1260: 1259: 1249:Grammatical tone 1240: 1228:Grammatical tone 1137:('to tell lies') 1103: 1102: 1083: 1045: 1042: 1026: 1023: 993: 992: 973: 900: 899: 880: 850:relative concord 816: 800: 778: 775: 772: 769: 765: 750: 747: 726: 712: 709: 706: 673: 670: 664:('agriculture') 649: 629: 606: 591: 590: 566: 552: 549: 511: 508: 473: 470: 467: 444: 416: 402: 292: 291: 272: 241: 229: 178:Like most other 164: 120: 110: 103: 96: 19: 3247: 3246: 3242: 3241: 3240: 3238: 3237: 3236: 3222: 3221: 3220: 3207: 3196: 3156: 3145: 3124: 3115: 3110: 3097: 3093: 3087: 3083: 3069: 3065: 3052: 3048: 3037: 3033: 3020: 3016: 3012: 2999: 2982: 2965: 2961: 2957: 2955: 2949: 2946: 2943: 2939: 2936: 2933: 2931: 2928: 2925: 2921: 2918: 2915: 2913: 2907: 2904: 2901: 2897: 2894: 2891: 2889: 2886: 2883: 2879: 2876: 2873: 2871: 2865: 2860: 2858: 2854: 2851: 2849: 2844: 2842: 2838: 2835: 2832: 2830: 2824: 2819: 2817: 2813: 2808: 2806: 2805: 2800: 2798: 2794: 2789: 2787: 2786: 2780: 2775: 2771: 2767: 2765: 2764: 2736: 2718: 2701: 2697: 2693: 2691: 2685: 2682: 2679: 2675: 2672: 2669: 2667: 2664: 2661: 2657: 2654: 2651: 2649: 2643: 2640: 2637: 2633: 2630: 2627: 2625: 2622: 2619: 2615: 2612: 2609: 2607: 2601: 2597: 2594: 2591: 2589: 2585: 2581: 2578: 2575: 2573: 2567: 2564: 2560: 2557: 2555: 2552: 2549: 2545: 2542: 2539: 2537: 2531: 2528: 2525: 2521: 2516: 2514: 2513: 2510: 2507: 2503: 2498: 2496: 2495: 2489: 2484: 2480: 2476: 2474: 2473: 2453: 2450: 2435: 2432: 2419: 2396: 2379: 2362: 2358: 2356: 2351: 2349: 2346: 2344: 2330: 2327: 2318: 2316: 2283: 2282: 2278: 2277: 2263: 2260: 2249: 2248: 2245: 2241: 2240: 2207: 2203: 2202: 2198: 2194: 2193: 2179: 2176: 2165: 2161: 2160: 2156: 2153: 2149: 2148: 2111: 2107: 2106: 2102: 2098: 2097: 2083: 2080: 2069: 2065: 2064: 2060: 2057: 2053: 2052: 2014: 2013: 2010: 2006: 2005: 1991: 1988: 1977: 1976: 1972: 1971: 1938: 1934: 1933: 1930: 1926: 1923: 1919: 1918: 1904: 1901: 1890: 1886: 1885: 1881: 1877: 1876: 1840: 1825: 1820: 1810: 1805: 1789: 1775: 1771: 1763: 1751: 1734: 1733: 1727: 1724: 1720: 1719: 1716: 1713: 1709: 1708: 1702: 1699: 1696: 1693: 1690: 1689: 1669: 1652: 1651: 1648: 1644: 1643: 1622: 1605: 1604: 1600: 1599: 1579: 1541: 1388: 1344: 1278: 1277: 1269: 1267: 1266: 1265: 1264: 1261: 1254: 1251: 1244: 1238: 1230: 1121: 1120: 1112: 1110: 1109: 1108: 1107: 1104: 1097: 1094: 1087: 1081: 1069: 1043: 1040: 1024: 1021: 1011: 1010: 1002: 1000: 999: 998: 997: 994: 987: 984: 977: 971: 926:('human being') 918: 917: 909: 907: 906: 905: 904: 901: 894: 891: 884: 878: 870: 862: 835:syllable onsets 814: 798: 776: 773: 770: 767: 763: 748: 745: 724: 710: 707: 704: 671: 668: 647: 627: 612:Penult before H 604: 588: 587: 564: 550: 547: 509: 506: 471: 468: 465: 460:('small hair') 442: 400: 371: 310: 309: 301: 299: 298: 297: 296: 293: 286: 283: 276: 270: 252: 239: 172: 134: 114: 71:Deficient verbs 49:Parts of speech 17: 12: 11: 5: 3245: 3243: 3235: 3234: 3232:Sotho language 3224: 3223: 3219: 3218: 3211: 3200: 3189: 3182:Vilakazi, B.W. 3178: 3160: 3149: 3138: 3128: 3116: 3114: 3111: 3109: 3108: 3091: 3081: 3063: 3059:breathy voiced 3046: 3031: 3013: 3011: 3008: 2984: 2983: 2978: 2975: 2974: 2971: 2970: 2720: 2719: 2714: 2711: 2710: 2707: 2706: 2452: 2451: 2449: 2448: 2445: 2441: 2436: 2434: 2433: 2431: 2430: 2427: 2423: 2420: 2418: 2417: 2414: 2410: 2407: 2403: 2397: 2395: 2394: 2390: 2383: 2378: 2375: 2372: 2371: 2368: 2367: 2334: 2325: 2322: 2321: 2303: 2302: 2293: 2292: 2289: 2288: 2267: 2258: 2255: 2254: 2227: 2226: 2217: 2216: 2213: 2212: 2183: 2174: 2171: 2170: 2135: 2134: 2121: 2120: 2117: 2116: 2087: 2078: 2075: 2074: 2039: 2038: 2024: 2023: 2020: 2019: 1995: 1986: 1983: 1982: 1958: 1957: 1948: 1947: 1944: 1943: 1908: 1899: 1896: 1895: 1863: 1862: 1839: 1836: 1829: 1828: 1823: 1818: 1814: 1813: 1808: 1803: 1799: 1798: 1795: 1792: 1762: 1759: 1753: 1752: 1747: 1744: 1743: 1740: 1739: 1671: 1670: 1665: 1662: 1661: 1658: 1657: 1624: 1623: 1618: 1615: 1614: 1611: 1610: 1578: 1575: 1571:verbal complex 1540: 1537: 1495: 1494: 1467: 1466: 1447:('to judge') 1436: 1423:('to lie') ⇒ 1387: 1384: 1343: 1340: 1328: 1327: 1319: 1311: 1303: 1295: 1287: 1268: 1262: 1252: 1247: 1246: 1245: 1236: 1235: 1234: 1229: 1226: 1225: 1224: 1208: 1207: 1195: 1189: 1175: 1174: 1173:('to disgust') 1166: 1157: 1156: 1148: 1139: 1138: 1130: 1111: 1105: 1095: 1090: 1089: 1088: 1079: 1078: 1077: 1068: 1065: 1064: 1063: 1050: 1031: 1001: 995: 985: 980: 979: 978: 969: 968: 967: 956: 955: 947: 942:('singular of 935: 927: 908: 902: 892: 887: 886: 885: 876: 875: 874: 869: 866: 861: 858: 755: 754: 733: 730: 717: 716: 692: 689: 678: 677: 656: 653: 641: 635: 634: 613: 610: 597: 596: 573: 570: 557: 556: 531: 528: 517: 516: 492: 489: 478: 477: 451: 448: 436: 430: 429: 426: 423: 420: 409: 408: 370: 367: 366: 365: 334: 333: 300: 294: 284: 279: 278: 277: 268: 267: 266: 251: 248: 232:Northern Sotho 211:breathy voiced 188:tonal language 174: 173: 171: 170: 156: 155: 154: 136: 135: 133: 132: 128: 125: 124: 116: 115: 113: 112: 105: 98: 90: 87: 86: 85: 84: 79: 78: 77: 76: 75: 74: 73: 63: 62: 61: 41: 40: 39: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3244: 3233: 3230: 3229: 3227: 3216: 3212: 3205: 3201: 3194: 3190: 3187: 3183: 3179: 3176: 3175:0-582-61700-6 3172: 3168: 3164: 3161: 3154: 3150: 3143: 3139: 3136: 3132: 3129: 3122: 3118: 3117: 3112: 3105: 3101: 3095: 3092: 3085: 3082: 3078: 3074: 3067: 3064: 3060: 3056: 3050: 3047: 3043: 3040: 3035: 3032: 3028: 3024: 3021:That is, the 3018: 3015: 3009: 3007: 3005: 2997: 2992: 2990: 2981: 2977: 2976: 2969: 2954: 2912: 2870: 2829: 2785: 2759: 2758: 2755: 2754: 2751: 2749: 2744: 2742: 2734: 2728: 2726: 2717: 2713: 2712: 2705: 2690: 2648: 2606: 2572: 2536: 2494: 2468: 2467: 2464: 2463: 2460: 2458: 2446: 2443: 2442: 2440: 2437: 2428: 2425: 2424: 2421: 2415: 2412: 2411: 2408: 2405: 2404: 2401: 2400:Lexical level 2398: 2392: 2391: 2388: 2385: 2384: 2382: 2377:Some examples 2376: 2366: 2339: 2338: 2335: 2333: 2326: 2320: 2311: 2310: 2307: 2306: 2300: 2297: 2296: 2287: 2272: 2271: 2268: 2266: 2259: 2253: 2235: 2234: 2231: 2230: 2224: 2221: 2220: 2211: 2188: 2187: 2184: 2182: 2175: 2169: 2143: 2142: 2139: 2138: 2132: 2128: 2125: 2124: 2115: 2092: 2091: 2088: 2086: 2079: 2073: 2047: 2046: 2043: 2042: 2035: 2031: 2028: 2027: 2018: 2000: 1999: 1996: 1994: 1987: 1981: 1966: 1965: 1962: 1961: 1955: 1952: 1951: 1942: 1913: 1912: 1909: 1907: 1900: 1894: 1871: 1870: 1867: 1866: 1860: 1856: 1852: 1848: 1845: 1844: 1843: 1837: 1835: 1824: 1819: 1816: 1815: 1809: 1804: 1801: 1800: 1796: 1793: 1788: 1787: 1784: 1779: 1768: 1760: 1758: 1750: 1746: 1745: 1738: 1732: 1707: 1684: 1683: 1680: 1679: 1676: 1668: 1664: 1663: 1656: 1638: 1637: 1634: 1633: 1630: 1621: 1617: 1616: 1609: 1594: 1593: 1590: 1589: 1586: 1584: 1576: 1574: 1572: 1567: 1565: 1561: 1556: 1554: 1553:surface tones 1550: 1545: 1538: 1536: 1532: 1530: 1527: 1523: 1519: 1515: 1510: 1508: 1504: 1500: 1492: 1489: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1475: 1474: 1473: 1470: 1464: 1462: 1458: 1456: 1452: 1450: 1446: 1444: 1440: 1437: 1434: 1432: 1431:ho paqamisuwa 1428: 1426: 1422: 1420: 1416: 1413: 1412: 1411: 1407: 1405: 1399: 1397: 1392: 1385: 1383: 1381: 1376: 1373: 1372: 1369: 1367: 1363: 1359: 1355: 1350: 1348: 1341: 1339: 1337: 1333: 1325: 1323: 1320: 1317: 1315: 1312: 1309: 1307: 1304: 1301: 1299: 1296: 1293: 1291: 1288: 1285: 1283: 1280: 1279: 1276: 1274: 1250: 1233: 1227: 1222: 1218: 1216: 1213: 1212: 1211: 1205: 1201: 1199: 1196: 1193: 1190: 1187: 1184: 1183: 1182: 1180: 1172: 1170: 1167: 1164: 1162: 1159: 1158: 1154: 1152: 1149: 1146: 1144: 1141: 1140: 1136: 1134: 1131: 1128: 1126: 1123: 1122: 1119: 1117: 1093: 1092:Semantic tone 1076: 1074: 1073:minimal pairs 1066: 1061: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1038: 1035: 1032: 1029: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1012: 1009: 1007: 983: 966: 964: 961: 953: 951: 948: 945: 941: 939: 936: 933: 931: 928: 925: 923: 920: 919: 916: 914: 890: 873: 867: 865: 859: 857: 855: 851: 847: 846:interjectives 843: 838: 836: 832: 828: 824: 820: 813: 809: 805: 803: 796: 792: 789: 783: 781: 762: 753: 744: 740: 738: 734: 731: 729: 723: 719: 718: 715: 703: 699: 697: 693: 690: 688: 684: 680: 679: 676: 667: 663: 662: 657: 654: 652: 646: 642: 640: 636: 633: 625: 621: 619: 614: 611: 609: 603: 599: 598: 595: 585: 581: 579: 574: 571: 569: 563: 560:high-falling 559: 558: 555: 545: 541: 538: 537: 532: 529: 527: 523: 519: 518: 515: 504: 500: 498: 493: 490: 488: 484: 480: 479: 476: 463: 459: 457: 452: 449: 447: 441: 437: 435: 431: 427: 424: 421: 418: 417: 414: 406: 398: 394: 391: 388: 387: 386: 383: 381: 376: 368: 363: 361: 357: 355: 351: 349: 345: 343: 339: 338: 337: 331: 329: 325: 323: 320:to the word 319: 315: 314: 313: 308: 306: 282: 281:Tone examples 265: 263: 259: 256: 249: 247: 245: 237: 233: 224: 221: 216: 212: 208: 203: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 168: 163: 158: 157: 152: 148: 144: 140: 139: 138: 137: 130: 129: 127: 126: 122: 121: 111: 106: 104: 99: 97: 92: 91: 89: 88: 83: 80: 72: 69: 68: 67: 64: 60: 57: 56: 55: 52: 51: 50: 47: 46: 45: 42: 38: 35: 34: 33: 30: 29: 28: 27: 24: 20: 3214: 3203: 3192: 3185: 3166: 3152: 3141: 3134: 3120: 3099: 3094: 3084: 3066: 3049: 3042: 3039: 3034: 3017: 3003: 2995: 2993: 2989: 2987: 2979: 2962:   2952: 2950:   2940:   2922:   2910: 2908:   2898:   2880:   2868: 2866:   2855:   2839:   2827: 2825:   2814:   2795:   2783: 2781:   2772:   2760: 2747: 2745: 2740: 2732: 2729: 2725: 2723: 2715: 2698:   2688: 2686:   2676:   2658:   2646: 2644:   2634:   2616:   2604: 2602:   2598:   2582:   2570: 2568:   2561:   2546:   2534: 2532:   2522:   2504:   2492: 2490:   2481:   2469: 2456: 2454: 2438: 2422:OCP 2409:HTD 2399: 2386: 2380: 2347:   2340: 2331: 2312: 2298: 2273: 2264: 2236: 2222: 2208:   2199:   2189: 2180: 2166:   2154:   2144: 2131:idiolectical 2126: 2093: 2084: 2061:   2048: 2029: 2003:ke•rekeletse 2001: 1992: 1969:ke•rekeletse 1967: 1953: 1927:   1914: 1905: 1872: 1846: 1841: 1832: 1782: 1778:= Sesotho): 1764: 1756: 1748: 1735:   1730: 1721:   1710:   1706:underlyingly 1705: 1691:   1685: 1674: 1666: 1653:   1645:   1639: 1627: 1619: 1606:   1601:   1595: 1583:Underlyingly 1582: 1580: 1568: 1557: 1552: 1548: 1546: 1542: 1533: 1529: 1525: 1522:ke shebe tau 1521: 1517: 1513: 1511: 1496: 1491: 1488: 1484: 1480: 1476: 1471: 1468: 1463: 1460: 1459:('judge'), 1457: 1454: 1451: 1448: 1445: 1442: 1438: 1433: 1430: 1427: 1424: 1421: 1418: 1414: 1408: 1400: 1395: 1391:Sesotho verb 1389: 1379: 1357: 1351: 1345: 1335: 1331: 1329: 1324: 1321: 1316: 1313: 1308: 1305: 1300: 1297: 1292: 1289: 1284: 1281: 1231: 1220: 1217: 1214: 1209: 1200: 1197: 1191: 1185: 1176: 1171: 1168: 1163: 1160: 1153: 1150: 1145: 1142: 1135: 1132: 1127: 1124: 1070: 1059: 1055: 1052: 1046: 1036: 1033: 1027: 1017: 1014: 962: 957: 952: 949: 940: 937: 932: 929: 924: 921: 871: 863: 844:and radical 839: 826: 822: 818: 811: 808: 806: 801: 794: 791: 784: 779: 760: 758: 751: 742: 736: 735: 727: 721: 720:low-falling 713: 701: 695: 694: 686: 682: 674: 665: 660: 658: 650: 644: 639: 631: 623: 617: 615: 607: 601: 593: 583: 582:('dialect') 577: 575: 567: 561: 553: 543: 535: 533: 525: 521: 513: 502: 496: 494: 486: 482: 474: 461: 455: 453: 445: 439: 434: 412: 404: 396: 393: 389: 384: 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Index

Sesotho
Phonology
Tonology
Grammar
Parts of speech
Nouns
Concords
Verbs
Deficient verbs
Orthography
v
t
e
South Africa
Lesotho
Sesotho orthography
IPA
Niger–Congo languages
Sesotho
tonal language
Mandarin
sandhi
tonemes
breathy voiced
Nguni
copulative
Northern Sotho
Setswana
elided
tonemes

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