Phonetic structures of Montana Salish

Montana Salish is an Interior Salishan language spoken on the Flathead Reservation in Northwest Montana by an estimated population of about 40 speakers. This paper describes the basic phonetic characteristics of the language based on data from five speakers. Montana Salish contains a number of typol...

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Published in:Journal of phonetics 2008-07, Vol.36 (3), p.465-491
Main Authors: Flemming, Edward, Ladefoged, Peter, Thomason, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Montana Salish is an Interior Salishan language spoken on the Flathead Reservation in Northwest Montana by an estimated population of about 40 speakers. This paper describes the basic phonetic characteristics of the language based on data from five speakers. Montana Salish contains a number of typologically unusual consonant types. Including glottalized sonorants, pre-stopped laterals, and a series of pharyngeals distinguished by secondary articulations of glottalization and/or labialization. The language also allows long sequences of obstruent consonants. These and more familiar phonetic characteristics are described through analysis of acoustic, electroglottographic, and aerodynamic data, and compared with related characteristics in other languages of the world.
ISSN:0095-4470
1095-8576
DOI:10.1016/j.wocn.2007.10.002