Example 16-156

dɛ fait no bì smɔ fait o; no bì smɔ fait; blɔd we dè dè kɔmɔt àm - | | | | |
art
fait
fight
no
neg
cop
smɔ
small
fait
fight
o;
neg
no
cop
small
smɔ
fight
fait;
blood
blɔd
comp
we
3pl
prog
come.out
kɔmɔt
3sg.obj
àm
-
-
 
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ts
|
ts
|
ts
|
ts
|
ts
It was no small fight. No small fight. The blood that was shed - tststststs.
Comment:
This is a dental click which is slightly affricated. But it is more a click than the prolongued sucking sound of "suck teeth" described for creoles in the Caribbean and elsewhere (cf. Rickford 1999: 165–166).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork