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New Sounds in Tok Pisin

May 6 2006 at 5:14 AM
Janna 

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Abinun, olgeta!
I spent some years of my childhood in PNG and am currently writing my dissertation.
I would appreciate it if somebody could help me with this:
are new sounds being introduced into Tok Pisin (probably largely due to the influence of English)?
Do some speakers of Tok Pisin now use the "th", for example?
Or are some words pronounced with a "z" sound?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Sori, tasol ating klostu na mi lusim save long tok pisin olgeta...
Planti samting i save senis tru.
Tasol mi hamamas sapos sampela manmeri inap helpim mi.

Janna

 
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Re: New Sounds in Tok Pisin

May 21 2006, 1:52 AM 

Hi Janna,
It's very interesting to hear of what you are working on. From where I come from, we rarely, if not never, use "th" and "z". May I ask you to post your message on http://www.pngscape.net where many viewers go. Hope you get some responses.
STAP GUT WANTOK.
mundmonG

 
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