Asụsụ Semelai

 

Semelai bụ asụsụ Austroasiatic nke ndị Semelai na-asụ na Malay Peninsula. Ọ bụ nke otu n'ime ngalaba ndịda nke asụsụ Aslian. Ndị Semelai bi na Bera, Serting na usoro osimiri ndị metụtara ya na steeti Pahang, Negeri Sembilan na Johor.

A maara Semelai maka na ọ bụ asụsụ nwere usoro okwu atọ.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Semelai nwere ụdaume 32 na ụdaume 20.

Mkpụrụ okwu

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Mkpịsị aka
Plosive	enweghị olu	p	t	c	k	ʔ
	<small id="mwPw">aspirated</small>	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
	<small id="mwTA">kwuru okwu</small>	b	d	ɟ	ɡ
Ihe na-esiri ike			s ~ ɕ			h
Ụgbọ imi	enweghị olu	m̥	n̥		ŋ̊
	<small id="mwcA">kwuru okwu</small>	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
	<small id="mwfQ">preglottal</small>	ʔm	ʔn	ʔɲ
Ihe atụ	ala dị larịị		l	j	w
	<small id="mwmQ">preglottal</small>		ʔl	ʔj
Ihe na-atọ ụtọ	ala dị larịị		r
	<small id="mwsQ">preglottal</small>		ʔr

• Stops /p t c k/ are heard as [p̚ t̚ c̚ k̚] word-final position.
• Palatal sounds /c ɟ/ are slightly affricated as [cᶝ ɟᶽ] when in word-initial position.
• /s/ may occur as [s] or [ɕ] within free variation.
• Nasals /m n ɲ ŋ/ can occur as prestopped [ᵇm ᵈn ᶡɲ ᶢŋ] when in word-final position.
• /r/ can be heard as [ɾ] when in word-final position. When preceded by a nasal /n/ it is heard as [ᵈr].
• /w, j/ are heard as off-glides [ʷ, ʲ] when in word-final position. After nasal vowels, they are then heard as nasalized [ʷ̃, ʲ̃].

A na-ejikwa ụdaume dị iche na ụdaume imi:

Mkpụrụedemede

	N'ihu	Central	Ịlaghachi azụ
N'akụkụ	m nyereĩ	ʉ̃	u dị iche icheũ
N'etiti etiti	e E ẽ	ə̃	o õ
N'etiti oghere	ɛ ɛ̃		Ọ bụ n'afọɔ̃
Emeghe		n'ihi na ọ bụã	ɒ ɒ̃

• /ɒ/ bụ nke a na-ahụ na fonetically dị ka [ɒ] .
• /i/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ɪ] na mkpụrụedemede mechiri emechi
• /ə/ nwere ike ịnụ dị ka [ʌ] na mkpụrụedemede ikpeazụ nke okwu.

 

Njikọ mpụga

• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0003-66E3-8@view Semelai na RWAAI Digital Archive