ABSTRACT

SI !Jona/ <!Ilfortune 1955> m n fl 0 m n fl 0 pp• b t d k k" g p p b t d k f< g 6 d ~ 6 d ~ pf bv ts dz ta dQ tJ d3 pf bv ts dz t8 di) C j ~ f V s z (1 Q J 3 )( h I) f V s z e i, f 3 )( h

r w I) w (.) y

i u u e 0 e 0

52 tJlvtnda <CIJzlervogel & dau 1961; !Ilsouth afrlca 1962> m Cl n fl 0 m Ill n fl 0 p• b I"9 t• d c• j k" g p b t d t d. C j k g p> J> t> c• k> p 8 t C f< pf• ts• tf• t1,• pf ts tf tli

bv dz d3 dj bv d_z d.3 qj pf> ts' tJ' t«;' pf ts ff t«; 4> ~ f V s z J 3 Ii j )( f I) f V s z f 3 Ii j I(

r r w I w >. I y

i u i u e 0 e 0

a a 53 setswana < !Ilcole 1955 >

m n fl 0 m n fl 0 p• b t• t I• k" p b t 8 k p' t' ti' k' p t 0 f<

ts tJ• d3 kx• ts C j )( ts' tJ' ts C

4> *v s *z f ~ h J V s z f ~ h r r

w I w I y u u

(.) e 0 C :> C :>

SL isiAhosa C !Iljordan 1960 > m n fl 0 m n fl 0 p• b t• d c• t k" g p b t d C t k g 6 6 p' t' c' k' p t C f<

l ~ C d. Ii ts tJ d3 ts tJ j ts' tJ' kx' ts tJ K)(

f V s z i ~ J I( ~ h " f V s z 8 I) f I( ~ h " r

w w y u u

C :> e 0 a a

SL isizulu CCilrycroft & ngcobo 1981>

f V

w

~IA nama

i.p.a n fl t• d

t' l ~ C ts' tJ' d3 s z i ~ I r

j u

C 0 a

C Cilhagman 1977 >

m n k" g p b t d

6 k' p t

q kx' ts

h n f V s z r

w

a.r.a

fl k g

K A ~

y i u e 0

a

two solutions are available for the complex click system of nama; the first uses digraphs whose elements distinguish respective place and manner of articulation; the second uses single characters for single phonemes in a way which is pedagogically preferable, but which can be seen to strain harmonisation by its more radical departure from the normal phonetic range of some letters. p t k 7 p t k 7

ts kx z K *f *v s X h f V s X h

l l ~ C q t A ~ }: 1:

~= c: qq tt H ~~ l' 1' ~· c' q? t? A7 ~7 l" 1• ~· c· qh th Ah ~h ) l ~ c qn, t111 ARI ~Ill

m n m n r r *I *j I y

u u e 0 e 0

a a alternative solution:

p t k 7 p t k 7 ts kx z K

*f *v s X h f V s X h l l ~ C q t ~ ~ ): 1: ~: c: ( A q t l' 1' ~· c' cf t ~ '{ l" 1• ~· c• b 8 1; C ) l ~ c n Ill 0 fl

m n m n r r *I *j I y

i u i u e 0 e 0

a a

considered by a second meeting held in niamey in 198L, six years after the formulation there of the original a.r.a. the occasion was the international meeting of language project co-ordinators, convened by the francophone agence de cooperation culture/le et technique < a.c.c. t J.