SLI01-001 - [Nguna@Mere-Sauwia] Nakanamanga alphabet and phoneme inventory

Discussing the Nakanamanga alphabet and investigating the phoneme inventory. The words being tested were selected from Nguna dictionary (Schmidt, 2023) and existing wordlists for Nafsan and Lelepa (Billington, unpublished manuscript). Vowel length was examined, and consonants are investigated in word initial and medial positions, adjacent to open central vowel when possible. . Language as given: Nakanamanga

本研究围绕纳卡南曼加语（Nakanamanga）的字母系统展开讨论，并对其音素库存进行调研。本次测试所使用的词汇选自《恩古纳词典》（Nguna dictionary，Schmidt, 2023），以及纳夫桑语（Nafsan）与莱莱帕语（Lelepa）的现有词表（Billington, 未出版手稿）。研究对元音长度进行了考察，并针对词首及词中位置的辅音展开分析，尽可能将其置于紧邻开放央元音的语境中。本次研究涉及的语言为纳卡南曼加语（Nakanamanga）。