Rara #30
Legacy number: 30
| Number | 30 |
| Phenomenon | case distinction exclusively by tone |
| Found in | Eastern (or Para-)Nilotic (Nilo-Saharan); (some) Cushitic, (some) Omotic (?) (Afroasiatic); (some) Bantu, Bantoid, Kwa (Niger-Congo); Burmese (Tibeto-Burman, Sino-Tibetan) (?) |
| Domain | phonology, morphology — types of exponents and their uses |
| Type | rarum |
| Keywords | case, tone |
| Source | Bennett, Patrick R. (1974). Tone and the Nilotic case system. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 37: 19-28. Plank, Frans (1995). (Re-)Introducing Suffixaufnahme. In Plank (ed.) 1995, 3-110. Plank, Frans (ed.) (1995). Double Case: Agreement by Suffixaufnahme. New York: Oxford University Press. Okell (for Burmese, p.c. David Gil). |
| Violates | none |
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