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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J West Afr Lang. 2008 Jan 1;35(1-2):45–56.
Standard Colloquial Gloss
a. [ɲa.ma.ka#la] [ɲa.ma.ka.la] *ɲa.maa.la caste
b. [ba.ra.ka] [bar.ka]/[bra.ka] *ba.raa blessing
c. [ko.lo#ko.wo] [klo.ko.wo]/[kol.ko.wo] *ko.loo.wo window
d. [la#ka.li#ta] [la.kal.ta] *laa.li.ta news
e. [bo.lo#ko] [blo.ko]/[bol.ko] *bo.loo to circumcise
f. [mε.lε.kε] [mlε.kε]/[mεl.kε] *mε.lεε angel
g. [su.ru.ku] [sru.ku]/[sur.ku] *su.ruu hyena
h. [bu.lu.ku] [blu.ku]/[bul.ku] *bu.luu to plow