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Text #1 (mwan1250-mwan-perekhvalskaya-vydrin.xlsx)

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Source: Oral text Kongasso2019/Kngso_tales/Azer

Author: Azer Gogbé

Genre: popular tale

Date: 2019-12-01

URL:

Words: 180

Syllables: 277

Tonal spans: 228

Tonal Density Index (syllabic): 0.82

Detailed statistics

TDI based on:

words:

1.27

morphemes:

1.09

feet:

1.08

syllables:

0.82

moras:

n/a

Toneme statistics:

total:

228

89 (39%)

66 (29%)

70 (31%)

Grammatical:

(7%)

(3%)

(12%)

(7%)

Tonal span size (in TBU):

global mean:

1.21

1.26

1.19

1.35

Text: Ɓɛ́ɛ̀ ɗōoɗɛ̃̀ pēgée gɗāawò Ɓɛ́ɛ̀ gbɔ̃̄ dɔ̀à wà ɛ́ tā ézèzè. Ɓɛ́ɛ̀ ɗōoɗɛ̃̀, è# yàà à# bā gbāɗa. Ké dɗīi tā gbĩ̄ ɓũ̄ ɛ́ ké ɓṹ gēɗè wɗaaɗɛ̄ yāa gbā ɛ́ yí. Bȭ, è# yāa pɛ̄ yã̄ã gbā ɓũ̄ ɗá yà kpáɗē sã̀ã̀, ɓɛ́ɛ̀ ò ɓɛ́ yã̄ã ɛ́ kpɛ̃́ ɓɗáà. Ɓɛ́ɛ̀ è# pe yē ɓɛ́ kɛ́ɗɛ̀ɛ́ ɓɛ́ ɗaa sɔ̄ kɗɛɛɗè! Ɓɛ́ɛ̀ yéē ɗōoɗɛ̃̀ è# dɗīi ɓũ̄ ɛ́ ɓã̄-kpàà. Éɗúā ɗé tā zā ɓã̄ sɔ̀ gɗɔ̀ɔyā ɓũ̄ yàà sɔ̀ ɓũ̄ kɔ́ɔ. ɓɛ́ɛ̀ è# pe ɓɗāa yéē yã̄ã ɗá yò pòoɓĩ̄ kpée ɓē, fɔ́ pé yã̄ã ɛ́ ɓĩ́ á ɓɗée ɗà woɗè ézìŋ ɓɛ́ɛ̀ yéē pìɗã́ã́ ɓɛ́ɛ̀yí, ɓɛ́ɛ̀ è# wɗàa dɗīi ɛ́ kpée Yã̄ã ɓũ̄ ɗá yò yē, ké yéē ɓɛ́ sāsā ɛ́ yē ké è# ɓɛ́ ɓɗēē àa! ké è pùɛɗà à bɗāaɗē ò égbɛ̃̀ɗɛ̃̀ ɓɛ́ɛ̀ gɗāawò pē ɓɛ́ɛ̀yí káa dūɗà ɛ̀! ŋ́ yĩ́ã̀ɗɛ̃̀ gù ɗɛ́ɛ̀ yí ɓe ɗã́ã ké ɓí ò pɛ̄ɓɗee yezí ké ɓí ɓɛ́ ɓɗēē ɛ̀ɛ? káa bȭ yá pɛ̄ ɓɗēē ɛ́ yá yézīí ɗã́ã gbɛ̄ zī ké yá ɓɗēē ké é ɓɛ́ gbɛ̃̄ɛ̃̀ ɓɛ́ à# pe á!