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Sowa languageNo formal orthography exists for Sowa language. The rough alphabet below, which I developed together with local language enthusiast Isaiah Tabi Vahka in 2007, is based on the orthographies of neighbouring Apma and Ske languages...
The pronunciation of the language can be assumed to be similar to that of Apma and Ske, although since no linguist ever worked directly with a native Sowa speaker, the precise phonetic value of each letter is not known. The alphabet of Sowa is the same as that of Ske except for the absence of prenasalisations, the absence of a true vw (though some locals writing in Sowa use "vw" to represent the bilabial v sound), the apparent absence of h, and the presence of distinct long vowels like those in Apma. |
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© Andrew Gray, 2008 |
