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Source: Creissels, Denis. 2016. Phonologie segmentale et tonale du soninké (parler du Kingi). Mandenkan 55. 3–174

Author: Ismael Diawara

Genre: popular tale

Date: 2016-01-01

URL: https://llacan.cnrs.fr/PDF/Mandenkan55/55creissels.pdf

Words: 124

Syllables: 214

Tonal spans: 187

Tonal Density Index (syllabic): 0.87

Detailed statistics

TDI based on:

words:

1.51

morphemes:

1.07

feet:

n/a

syllables:

0.87

moras:

n/a

Toneme statistics:

total:

187

92 (49%)

95 (51%)

Grammatical:

(7%)

Tonal span size (in TBU):

global mean:

1.14

1.15

1.25

Text: Kòotá yògó, dèbé-n` ŋàlimaamí-n` tàaxa-llenmán` dàgá búgu à `yí. Táaxa-llenmà-n` gà kúuɲi-ndì, àlimáamì-n` d’à bísimillà. Kúuɲi-`ndé-n` pàllé, táaxa-llenmà-n` dà àlimáamì-n` tírìndí : "Án là wá án pàré-n` lóxono ín `ŋá `bá? Yòkkú wá ín màxá, ń ŋ à mùndá nà ì gàná dàga-ná dèbi xòoré-n` `dí”. Àlimáamì-n` má ɲì à mùndá nà í hàré-n` lóxo à `yí. À gà má ɲì à mùndá nà táaxa\llénmà-n` ɲàagu-ndí, à dà à jáabì, Hàrén gà `ɲí yèré, ń ɲì à lóxo-no án `ŋá, qà ín dà à lóxo sèré tàná `yí". Ké-n dà à `ɲí, hàré-n cìiti-nté-n` ŋá hállè ; à qúsà nàn qáarù ? Táaxa\llénmà-n gódò.” Án tì màní ? Ń ɲìnmé, ń tàró-n` ŋá hàré-n` qàaru-xanné-n` `ŋá ká-n` pàllé! Àlimáamì-n` qá bùtu-ntê-n gódò, "Án ntá yàagu-nu? Án cáqqa hàré-n ɲà dìgan qànné-n` `ŋá díinà àlimáamì-n `ŋá `bá? "