Author(s)

Yinfeng Shu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Ethnic Culture, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, 650500, China

Corresponding Author

Yinfeng Shu

ABSTRACT

Up to now, numerous representative vernacular dialects of Naxi language have been described. However, there is a lack of experimental phonetic research on the Fengke dialect mentioned in previous literature. Therefore, this paper explores the phonetic characteristics of the Fengke dialect from the perspective of experimental phonetics. Methods from experimental phonetics and phonological pattern theory were employed to observe and analyze the phonetics of the Fengke dialect. Speech analysis software Praat was used to organize and process the data collected from field surveys, presenting the specific features of phonetics in graphical form. This research on the phonetics of the Fengke dialect can provide valuable reference material for the study of Naxi group languages.

KEYWORDS

Consonants, vowels, tones, Fengke dialect, Naxi language

CITE THIS PAPER

Yinfeng Shu, Experimental Phonetic Research on Fengke Dialect of Naxi Language. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 170-180. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070525.

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