丁卡语是南苏丹最有影响的族群丁卡人的语言。它有约420万使用者,主要有5个方言区。[2]西南方言(Rek)被认为是其中的标准音。
语言特征
丁卡语有著丰富的元音系统,至少有13个音位上的对比元音。语音表上“下标点”(‹ ̤›)指出"气声"元音,而在丁卡语的正字法上以“上标点”(‹¨›)表示:
本调发音↓(音色变化→) | 语气音 | 气息音 | 粗哑音 | 咽喉音 |
---|---|---|---|---|
〈Bor Dinka〉→ | tɕìt̪ | tɕì̤t̪ | tɕìt̪ | tɕì͈t̪ |
中文→ | 拉肚子 | 往前 | 蝎子 | 吞下 |
声调
丁卡语属于声调语言。有高、中、低、降四调。
参考文献
- Beltrame, G. (1870). Grammatica della lingua denka. Firenze: G. Civelli.
- Malou, Job. Dinka Vowel System. Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics. ISBN 0-88312-008-9.
- Mitterrutzner, J. C. (1866). Die Dinka-Sprache in Central-Afrika; Kurze Grammatik, Text und Worterbuch. Brixen: A. Weger.
- Nebel, A. (1979). Dinka-English, English-Dinka dictionary. 2nd. ed. Editrice Missionaria Italiana, Bologna.
- Nebel, A. (1948). Dinka Grammar (Rek-Malual dialect) with texts and vocabulary. Instituto Missioni Africane, Verona.
- Trudinger. R. (1942-44). English-Dinka Dictionary. Sudan Interior Mission
- Tuttle. Milet Picture Dictionary English-Dinka. (at WorldLanguage.com)
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