Extract from:

Knut J. Olawsky, AN INTRODUCTION TO DAGBANI PHONOLOGY. Arbeiten des SFB 282, No.76. HHU Düsseldorf, 1996.

Content

0.             Preface                                              

1.             Introduction                                         

                                                                    

2.             Segmental phonology                                  

2.1            Phoneme inventory                                    

2.2            A remark on the orthography                          

2.3            Vowels                                               

2.3.1          /I/ (used for /schwa/ here)                          

2.3.2          /i/                                                  

2.3.3          /u/                                                  

2.3.4          /e/, [E] (used for open /e/ here)                    

2.3.5          /o/, [O] (used for open /o/ here)                    

2.3.6          /a/                                                  

2.4            Consonants                                           

2.4.1          [h]                                                  

2.4.2          [r]                                                  

2.4.3          /s/ and [S] (used for palatalvoiceless fricative     
               here)                                                

2.4.4          /z/ and [Z] (used for palatal voiced frivative       
               here)                                                

2.4.5          /tC/, /dZ/, /ny/ (corresponding to palatal           
               voiceless/voiced affricates and nasal)               

2.4.6          /g/ and [G] (used for velar voiced frivative here)   

2.4.7          /kp/, /gb/, /Nm/                                     

2.4.8          The assimilation of /n/                              

2.4.9          /j/ and /w/ (used for labial glide here)             

2.4.10         Final glottal stop                                   

                                                                    

3.             Aspects of suprasegmental phonology                  

3.1            Syllable structure                                   

3.1.1          V                                                    

3.1.2          CV                                                   

3.1.3          CVC                                                  

3.1.4          N                                                    

3.1.5          CVN                                                  

3.1.6          CVV                                                  

3.1.7          CVVN                                                 

3.1.8          CC                                                   

3.1.9          C-C                                                  

3.1.10         V-V                                                  

3.1.11         CyV                                                  

                                                                    

3.2            Lexical tone                                         

3.2.1          TBU                                                  

3.2.2          Basic tone patterns                                  

3.2.2.1        Nouns and adjectives                                 

3.2.2.2        Verbs                                                

3.3            Challenges in describing Dagbani tonal patterns      

                                                                    

               References                                           

               Appendix