2017/01/01 by Han Wu, Yasheng Jin · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Linguistics and Cultural Studies #China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations #Vowel #Computer science #Mid vowel #Linguistics #Speech recognition #Natural language processing #Philosophy
paper · pdf · doi:10.2991/icemeet-16.2017.155
openalex publication_date 2017/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
As one of the two native languages of Yugur Nationality, Eastern Yugur language is already an endangered language and is still constantly changing. In order to get a better understanding of the nature of Eastern Yugur language for the sake of both language protection and pedagogy, the article focuses on vowel // and discusses the changes of this very vowel: in unstressed syllable // is reduced, omitted and devoiced, and some of these changes have been reflected in the spelling. Consonants [, h ] can trigger diphthongization of //, but the reasons behind this is the influence of Chinese upon Eastern Yugur language through language contact.