1. Observe the following data from Yakut. Do the phones [u] and [y] belong to separate phonemes, or are they allophones
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 11:19 am
1. Observe the following data from Yakut. Do the
phones and [y] belong to separate phonemes, or are they
allophones of the same phoneme in Yakut? Explain. (Note that [y]
represents a high, front, rounded, tense vowel.)
[tys] ‘descend’ [kur] ‘belt’
[kyn] ‘day’ [uk] ‘insert’
[byt] ‘end’ [ys] ‘three’
[sur] ‘gray’ [tus] ‘directly’
phones and [y] belong to separate phonemes, or are they
allophones of the same phoneme in Yakut? Explain. (Note that [y]
represents a high, front, rounded, tense vowel.)
[tys] ‘descend’ [kur] ‘belt’
[kyn] ‘day’ [uk] ‘insert’
[byt] ‘end’ [ys] ‘three’
[sur] ‘gray’ [tus] ‘directly’