Phonology of Biao Min

Page Index

• Biao Min Simple Initials Chart
• Biao Min Vowel Chart
• Possible Rhyme Combinations
• Biao Min Tone Paradigm
• Follow the digitization path of the Biao Min data

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Biao Min Simple Initials Chart

		labial	(apico-)   dental	prepalatal (lamino-alveopalatal)	(dorso-)   velar	glottal
Oral Stops	Plain	p	t	c	k	( ʔ )
	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
	Voiced	b	d	ɟ	g
Nasal Stops	Voiceless	hm	hn	hɲ	hŋ
	Voiced	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Affricates	Plain		ts	( tɕj )
	Aspirated		tsʰ	( tɕʰj )
	Voiced		dz	( dʑj )
Fricatives	Voiceless		s			h
Resonants	Voiceless	( hw )	hl	( hj )
	Voiced	w	l	j

 

Biao Min Vowel Chart

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid		ə
Lower-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

 

Possible Rhyme Combinations

a	ai	au	an	aŋ
ə	əi	əu	ən
ɛ			ɛn*	ɛŋ*
i			in
ɔ				ɔŋ
u	ui		un	uŋ
*Note:  ɛn ~ ɛŋ

 

Biao Min Tone Paradigm

Data represented as:	Scale 1-5	Historical	Description
Tone 1	44	A1	mid-high level
Tone 2	21	A2	low falling
Tone 3	35	B1	mid-high rising
Tone 4	42	B2, C2, D2	mid falling
Tone 5	24	C1	mid rising
Tone 7	54	D1	high falling

Follow the digitization path of the Biao Min data

1. Get Started: Summary of Biao-Min Conversion
2. Digitize Images: Digitizing Images page (Classroom)
3. OCR or Keyboard Entry: OCR or Keyboard page (Classroom)
4. Digitize Text: Lexical Analysis page (Workroom)
5. Store Text: XML page (Classroom)
6. Present Text: Stylesheets page (Classroom)
7. Create Metadata: Metadata page (Classroom)