Abstract
This work offers a quick description of the vowels and consonants of the Bora language. It also explains the linguistic and sociolinguis-tic criteria for the selection of graphemes in the Bora language: it highlights the importance of the written tradition for the selection of certain graphemes, such as <c> and <k> or the removal of <s> and <z>. Finally, this work discuss the presence of long vowels in the Bora language: evidence to date suggests that the Bora language has only short vowels thanks to the processes of derivation with tone in the nominal Bora lexicon
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Article number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 15–34 |
Journal | Lengua y Sociedad |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- Bora
- Long Vowels
- Bora-Witoto Family
- Amazonian Languages
- Tone