The phonetics of the Hottentot language (Khoisan)

Title......Page 2
Preface......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
List of symbols......Page 10
Part I. Introduction......Page 13
1. The language and its speakers......Page 15
2. Method and scope of this study......Page 24
3. General principles......Page 38
Part. II. The phonetics of Nama......Page 48
4. The vowels......Page 50
5. The non-click consonants......Page 68
6. The clicks......Page 88
7. Phonetic transcriptions......Page 107
8. Length and stress......Page 123
9. Tonetics......Page 139
10. Tonetic transcriptions......Page 163
Part III. The phonetics of Korana......Page 194
11. The Korana dialect......Page 196
12. The Korana vowels......Page 214
13. The Korana consonants......Page 238
14. The tonetics of Korana......Page 264
Part IV. Comparative phonology and spelling......Page 278
15. Comparative tonology of Nama and Korana......Page 280
16. Phonetic history of the Hottentot roots......Page 287
17. The spelling of Hottentot......Page 316
Appendices......Page 343
Index......Page 357