Spirantization and the 7-to-5 vowel merger in bantu

Belgian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 73-84

  Schadeberg, Thilo C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84969464951     PISSN: 07745141     EISSN: 15699676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/bjl.9.06sch     Document Type: Article

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