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Example 15-155
fádá; fádà; fàdá
fádá;
father
fádà;
father
fàdá
father
God; Father; Catholic priest
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Fyle and Jones 1980
: 95-96
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
Syllable onsets: Onsets at most moderately complex
Tone: Simple tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions
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