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Lawu

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3); not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

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a²¹mo³³
belly

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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i²¹ku³³tu³³
awaken

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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i³³
3S

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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i³³xə³³
3PL

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ka²¹kə⁵⁵
bamboo sieve; sifter (fine)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ka³³nəŋ⁵⁵
after

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kao³³
before (sequential)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰa³³li⁵⁵
ashes

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰa⁵⁵tɕəŋ³³sɿ³³
banana

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰe³³
be short of; lack

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰə⁵⁵
arrive

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰə⁵⁵tɕi³³ɕi³³
ankle (joint)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰo³³
armpit

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰu³³
accompany someone

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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kʰu³³pəŋ²¹
bamboo basket

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ko³³ka²¹
begin; start

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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koŋ³³tsa⁵⁵zo³³
ball (of thread)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ku⁵⁵
bend

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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la²¹pʰi³³sɿ³³
back

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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la̠³¹tu²¹
arm

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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lu³³
arm spread (2 arms)

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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məŋ³³
bark

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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mi²¹li⁵⁵li⁵⁵
(of the wind) blow

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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mi²¹məŋ³³
beard; mustache

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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na⁵⁵
be angry

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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na⁵⁵ni⁵⁵
ask

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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nəŋ²¹
awake

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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nəŋ³³
beautiful

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ni²¹ta³³
ancestor

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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nie³³sɿ³³
bean

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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nu³³
2S

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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nu³³xə³³
2PL

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Ŋ
ŋa³³
1S

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ŋa³³xə³³
1PL

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pa²¹ta³³
(cocks)comb

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pə²¹ʝu³³
ant

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pə²¹pe⁵⁵
animal

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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pu²¹
baby sling

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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sa³³ju³³
bear

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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su³³tɕi³³ka²¹nə³³
back teeth

Recorded forms from CLDF dataset accompanying Yang's "Phonetic Tone Change" from 2022 (CLDF yangyi v1.3). Yang, Cathryn (2022): The phonetic tone change *high > rising: Evidence from the Ngwi dialect laboratory. Diachronica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.19062.yan https://zenodo.org/record/4643782 Licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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