PROSODIC VARIATION OF KIBUSHI DIALECTS (MAYOTTE, FRANCE) VIA THE READING OF THE LITTLE PRINCE: A PILOT STUDY
Résumé
The Kibushi language exhibits linguistic affinity with a Malagasy dialect from the northwest of Madagascar, the Sakalava Dialect. Within Mayotte, there are two Kibushi dialects spoken across 21 villages: Kisakalava and Kiantalautsi. A recent study on Kibushi stress variation revealed diatopic differences, within three prosodic parameters— duration, pitch, and intensity — used to compare syllable stress in words across villages and dialects (Kassime et al., 2023). However, no research has been carried out to determine the prosody of Kibushi in utterances longer than the word. With this in mind, the aim of this study is to describe the rhythmic and melodic organization of the different varieties of kibushi, focusing on declarative sentences. It’s also an opportunity to explore parameters and techniques useful for studying speech production in a context of inter- and intra- village/dialect/speaker variability.
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