Language name and locationː Crow, Montana state, USA [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区克劳语, 美国西北部蒙大拿州南部

 

1. hawáte

21.  dúhpaapilake axpáwate  

2. dúupe

22.  dúhpaapilake axpíluupe 

3. dáawiia

23.  dúhpaapilake axpílaawiia 

4. ʃoopé

24.  dúhpaapilake axpíʃoope

5. tʃiaxxó  

25.  dúhpaapilake axpítʃiaxxo

6. akaawé

26.  dúhpaapilake axpákaawe

7. sáhpua

27.  dúhpaapilake axpísahpua

8. dúupahpe   ( 10 - 2 )

28.  dúhpaapilake axpíluupahpe

9. hawátahpe  ( 10 - 1 )

29.  dúhpaapilake axpáwatahpe

10. pilaké

30.  dáhmiiapilake

11. axpáwate 

40.  ʃúhpáapilake  

12. axpíluupe 

50.  tʃiaxxúapilake 

13. axpílaawiia

60.  akammáapilake 

14. axpíʃoope

70.  sáhpuapilake 

15. axpítʃiaxxo 

80.  dúupahpiapilake   

16. axpákaawe

90.  hawátahpiapilake 

17. axpísahpua

100. pilakisée

18. axpíluupahpe

200. pilakisáa dúupe

19. axpáwatahpe

1000. pilakisáa pilake ( 100 x 10 )

20. dúhpaapilake

2000. pilakisáa pilake dúupe

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Randolph Graczyk, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, USA, March 26, 2009.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. Randolph Graczyk, 2009 年 3 月 26 日.

 

Other comments: Crow (Apsáalooke) or Absaroke is a Siouan language of the Great Plains, spoken by approximately 4,000 speakers in 8,500 ethnic population in south Montana state, United States. Crow has a decimal system.  

Crow Phonology ( Refer to Wikipedia )
Crow Consonant Chartː

 

Labial

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Labiovelar

Glottal

Stop 

p / (b)

t / (d)

tʃ (ch)

k

 

   (ʔ)

Fricative

 

s

ʃ (sh)

x

 

h 

Nasal

m

n

 

 

   

Approximant

 

(l) 

 

 

w

 

Stops are aspirated word-initially, word-finally, when geminated (e.g. [ppʰ]) and
when following another stop (e.g. [ptʰ]). Stops in a consonant cluster with h as the
initial radical (hp, ht, hk) are unaspirated and lax. Gemination in stops only occurs
intervocalically. Intervocalic single, non-geminating stops are lax, unaspirated, and
generally voiced. The difference between voiced stops b and d (allophones of m and n)
and voiceless stops is hardly discernible when following a fricative, since both are
unaspirated and lax. The phoneme k has a palatalized allophone [kʲ] that occurs after
 i, e, ch and sh, often word-finally.
Fricatives are tense; they are only lax when intervocalic. Palatal sh is often voiced
intervocalically; s is sometimes voiced intervocalically; x is never voiced. The alveolar
fricative /s/ has an optional allophone /h/ in phrase-initial position:

  • sáapa "what" > [háapa]

  • sapée "who" > [hapée]

Sonorants voiced /m/ and /n/ have three allophones: w and l intervocalically, b and
d
word initially and following an obstruent, and m and n in all other conditions. In
conservative speech, l is realized as a tapped r, however in general cases it is realized
as l, perhaps in due part to the influence of English. Word initially, b is optional for
/m/, though b is more commonly realized. The glottal sonorant /h/ assimilates to the
nasality of the following segment, but retains its voicelessness. When following i or e
or preceding ch, /h/ may be realized as an alveopalatal fricative.

Crow Vowel Chartː

 

Front

Central

Back

Close

i, iː

 

u, uː

Mid

 

Open

 

a, aː

 

 

There are diphthongsː ia, ua and ea.
Stress in Crow is phonemic. The position of the stress in the stem is determined lexically.
In general, morphemes, including virtually all noun and verbal stems, are inherently
stressed. There are two regular qualifications: (1) stress placement in active verb inflectional
paradigms in predictable from conjugation, and (2) accent short vowels in a word-initial
syllable are generally followed by a consonant cluster, while accented long vowels in a
word-initial syllable are generally followed by a single consonant. If a vowel is short, it
may be stressed or unstressed. If long, it may be stressed or unstressed; if stressed, the
stress falling on either mora of the long vowel. With diphthongs, either the long vowel
or the off-glide may bear the stress.

Stress helps predict the tones of all the vowels in a word: stressed vowels are high in pitch; all vowels following the stressed vowel are low in pitch; all short vowels preceding the stressed vowel are low in pitch; all long vowels preceding the stressed vowel are high in pitch; short vowels occurring between a long vowel and the accented vowel assimilate to a high pitch.


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