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Acoustical Representation Of Allophones Of The Phoneme /A/ Of The Teleut Language

Table 2:

Word form, meaning, speaker Transcription, position in a word form Spectrum of the vowel
F1 F2 Comment
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ ТА tЫ ̈ndЫ ̈ѢЫ̯ ̈ cVccvѢv 701.9 1620.6 The speakers ТА and CV pronounce vowels with the 5th degree of openness, and sp. ТG pronounces the allophone with 6th degree of openness. Vowels are: central (sp. ТА, tabdа ‘tomorrow’), central-back (sp. ТG, tabdа ‘tomorrow’), back (sp. CV, tabdа ‘tomorrow’).
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ ТG tɐзndЬ ͇ ̇̇ѢЬ̯ ̇̇ cVccvѢv 897.2 1431.1
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ CV tɑ ͇Ѣɑ̯ndɑ ͇Ѣɑ̯ cVѢvccvѢv 689.3 1191.7
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ ТА tЫ ̈зndЫ ̈ѢЫ̯ ̈ cvccVѢv 546.0 1765.1 In the pronunciation of sp. ТА the vowel has 4th degree of openness, while that of sp. ТG, CV is 5th. By tongue horizontal position vowel allophone may be central (sp. ТА, tabdа ‘tomorrow’), central-back (sp. ТG, tabdа ‘tomorrow’), back (sp. CV, tabdа ‘tomorrow’).
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ ТG tɐзndЬ ͇ ̇̇ѢЬ̯ ̇̇ cvccVѢv 676.5 1478.6
tabdа ‘tomorrow’ CV tɑ ͇Ѣɑ̯ndɑ ͇Ѣɑ̯ cvѢvccVѢv 675.9 1058.7
аchа ‘brother’ ТА wъ ̈Ѣъ ̈MѢ?ʹаѢа̯cVѢvcѢcvѢv 400.7 1760.7 Vowels pronounced by sp. ТG and CV have 5th openness degree, while sp. ТА pronounces the allophone with 3rd openness degree, and that of sp. CV is with 4th openness degree. Vowels are: central (sp. ТА), central-back (sp. ТG, CV).
аchа ‘brother’ ТG wɐѹѢɐ̯M?ʹа:Ѣа̯сVѢvcѢcvѢv 761.0 1479.2
аchа ‘brother’ CV yɐѢѹɐ̯wMѢ?ʹа ͇Ѣа̯cVѢvcѢcvv 708.0 1390.1
аchа ‘brother’ ТА wъ ̈Ѣъ ̈MѢ?ʹаѢа̯cvѢvcѢcVѢv 586.6 1837.0 Vowels pronounced by sp. ТG and CV have 5th openness degree, while sp. ТА pronounces \a\ with 4th openness degree. In pronunciation of all speakers vowels are central.
аchа ‘brother’ ТG wɐѹѢɐ̯M?ʹа:Ѣа̯cvѢvcѢcVѢѢv 676.0 1780.2
аchа ‘brother’ CV yɐѢѹɐ̯wMѢ?ʹа ͇Ѣа̯cvѢvcѢcVѢv 689.7 1795.9
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