Datapoint Trinidad English Creole/Syllable onsets

Value 2 comment: There is palatalization (= insertion of "off-glide“) of the velar consonants /k/ and /g/ before certain vowels; conversion of /tr/, /thr/ and /dr/ sequences into palatal affricates.

Values

Onsets at most moderately complex

Example 6-127:
tek - pan
tek
take,
-
 
pan
steelpan
take, steelpan

Source: Solomon 1993: 20

Example 6-128:
kyat, kyari, tshrii, dzhraiv, stap
kyat,
cat,
kyari,
carry,
tshrii,
three,
dzhraiv,
drive,
stap
stop
cat, carry, three, drive, stop

Source: Solomon 1993: 20

Confidence:
Unspecified