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Summary tables of tone mark data from 21 (African) countries

Posted by sociolingo on December 26, 2007

Source: http://www.bisharat.net/A12N/tones.htm

Summary tables of tone mark data from 21 countries /
Résumé en tableaux des données sur marques de ton de 21 pays
by / par Lee Pearce

African Tone Symbols for Keyboards

       Realizing that tones are not always marked for [some] African languages, we propose including them on keyboards only so that they are available for those who may want or need them.

       We put this material together for the sole purpose of determining the minimum set of symbols required for keyboards targeted at the country level.

       The data follows the format of the 21 country tables presented on the Bisharat website [A12n gateway page] and is drawn [mainly] from the Hartell study [Rhonda L. Hartell, ed. 1993. The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO & SIL].

       Since tone data was not available for all of the languages, some comments are added to clarify the source material.

(1)     No tone data available in Hartell study [or not a tonal language – DZO]

(2)     No orthographic material available under this language in the Rosetta Project.

 See the table

One Response to “Summary tables of tone mark data from 21 (African) countries”

  1. music Says:

    very interesting.
    i’m adding in RSS Reader

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