Fungu la nne Matamshi — Pronunciation

Créateur:

Joa

Éditeur:

Oxf

Hôte:

Abstract The sounds represented by the letters b, d, g, and j as normally pronounced in Swahili are different from English. In Swahili there is a momentary sucking in of breath for the production of these sounds. (In phonetic terms, they are implosives.) What happens is that the vocal cords come together closing the glottis, at the same time as, say, the tips come together for a ‘b’. Then the glottis is lowered, causing rarefaction of the air between the glottis and the lips. Then when the lips part for the ‘b’, air enters the vocal tract from the outside. This makes a rather ‘hollow’ sound. The following face diagrams show the sequence of movement (imagine a head cut in two, front to back).

Fungu la tisa Matamshi — Pronunciation

Abstract The letter e in Swahili normally represents a vowel sound similar to th

Fungu la tano Matamshi — Pronunciation

Abstract j in Swahili, like b, d, and g, is also pronounced as an implosive. But

Fungu la nane Matamshi — Pronunciation

Abstract The letter a in Swahili represents a vowel sound somewhere between that

Fungu la kumi na moja Matamshi — Pronunciation

Abstract The letters ny in Swahili represent a sound like that spelled gn in Ita

Fungu la kumi na tisa Kudanganywal — Cheated! Matamshi — Pronunciation

Abstract You will have noticed the forms mna and hamna, as in mfukonihamnamachun

Fungu la thelathini na nne Mwanasesere — The doll

Abstract The passage in section I is an example of modern prose style, not too d