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172. A Glossed Sakhalin (Enciw) Text with Hokkaido Contrast

How does Sakhalin Ainu contrast with Hokkaido Ainu in phonemic vowel length, final-h reflex, and person/number/negation morphology?

サハリンアイヌ語は北海道アイヌ語と、音素的な母音長、語末のh、人称・数・否定の形態においてどのように対立するか?

A Sakhalin Ainu text glossed and annotated against Hokkaido norms, foregrounding phonemic vowel length, the final-h reflex, and divergent person, number, and negation morphology.

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43first-edition sentences

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Source, speakers, and orthographic conventions 10 sentences

What are the source, speakers, and orthographic conventions of the Sakhalin Ainu text?

Interlinear text and free translation 3 sentences· 5 examples

What structures are exemplified in the interlinear text and free translation of the Sakhalin Ainu sentences?

teeta 'itanki 'an
here bowl exist
‘There is a bowl here.’
murasaki2025:16 SA Raichiishka; speaker Fujiyama Haru
tara too kaa-ta cikah renkayne 'okay
DEM lake above-LOC bird many exist.PL
‘There are many birds on that lake.’
murasaki2025:16 SA Raichiishka; speaker Fujiyama Haru
tah seta ka hannehka nee
DEM dog FOC NEG COP
‘This is not a dog.’
murasaki2025:12 SA Raichiishka; speaker Fujiyama Haru
'aynu 'okore 'uneeno 'ariki=hci
person all together come.PL=3PL
‘Everyone came together.’
murasaki2025:22 SA Raichiishka; speaker Fujiyama Haru
'ahci cis kanne yuukara 'ike 'en=nuure
grandmother cry while recite CONJ 1SG.O=let.hear
‘Grandmother sang while crying and had me listen.’
murasaki2025:30 SA Raichiishka; speaker Fujiyama Haru

Phonological contrasts: vowel length and the final-h reflex 11 sentences

How does Sakhalin Ainu phonologically contrast with Hokkaido Ainu in vowel length and the final-h reflex?

Morphosyntactic contrasts 0 sentences

What are the morphosyntactic contrasts between Sakhalin and Hokkaido Ainu?

Analytic negation: hannehka versus somo 7 sentences

How does Sakhalin Ainu express analytic negation compared to Hokkaido Ainu?

Person and number marking 6 sentences

How does Sakhalin Ainu mark person and number differently from Hokkaido Ainu?

Suppletive verbal number 6 sentences

How does Sakhalin Ainu enforce suppletive verbal number compared to Hokkaido Ainu?