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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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3 Segmental phonology<br />

Table 3.3: Minimal sets or near minimal sets for comparison <strong>of</strong> stop closure<br />

durations (in milliseconds) for plain and preaspirated singletons and<br />

geminates<br />

set 1<br />

set 2<br />

plain single plain geminate preasp. single preasp. geminate<br />

/p/ /pː/ /ʰp/ /ʰpː/<br />

145-150ms 320-340ms 280-340ms 460-490ms<br />

short medium long<br />

[tɔpe] [tupːen] [tɔhpe] [tɔhpːo]<br />

150ms 320ms 340ms 490ms<br />

house\gen.sg outside house\nom.sg sheath\nom.sg<br />

[pit100310b] [3581] [pit100310b] [3627]<br />

[naːperti-t] [nupːe] [naːhpe] [naːhpːe]<br />

145ms 340ms 280ms 460ms<br />

drill-inf other milking.bowl\nom.pl milking.bowl\nom.sg<br />

[3378] [1317] [pit080917a] [pit080917a]<br />

stop, which is then released into a sibilant fricative. These are described on the<br />

following pages.<br />

Table 3.4: Affricate phonemes and their realizations<br />

/ʦ/ : [ʦ]<br />

/ʦː/ : [tːs]<br />

/ʰʦ/ : [hʦ] [ ̥ʦ] [çʦ]<br />

/ʰʦː/ : [htːs]<br />

/ʧ/ : [ʧ]<br />

/ʧː/ : [tːʃ]<br />

/ʰʧ/ : [hʧ] [ ̥ʧ] [çʧ]<br />

/ʰʧː/ : [htːʃ]<br />

3.1.1.4.1 Plain singleton affricates The segments /ʦ ʧ/ are unvoiced alveolar<br />

and postalveolar (respectively) singleton affricate phonemes. Both can occur in<br />

syllable onset position. Examples can be found in (56) through (59).<br />

(56) /ʦisːa-t/ tsissat<br />

[ʦisːatʰ]<br />

‘pee-inf’<br />

[3700]<br />

46

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