Acholi dialect

Acholi has vowel harmony: all vowels in a word have to belong to a single class (e.g. the cold vs. to separate). There are two sets of five vowels, distinguished by the feature [+/-ATR]. /pʷ/ and /bʷ/ sounds may also sound as labial affricates [pf] and [bv]. Acholi is a tonal language. It has high, low, downstep high and double downstep high tones, but also two contour tones: one rising and one falling. A monosyllabic word in Acholi has 14 different pronunciations. This is explained in the nine books of Acoli Accented Orthography. ==Notes and references==

Notes • Heron, G.A., 1972, Introduction p. 8 in p'Bitek, Okot, 1984. • Ladefoged et al., 1972:80. Endnotes Bibliography • Crazzolara, J.P. (1938) A study of the Acooli language. Grammar and Vocabulary. International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. London/New York/Toronto: Oxford University Press. • Kitching, Arthur Leonard (1932) An outline grammar of the Acholi language (first published 1907). London: Sheldon Press / Kampala: The Uganda Bookshop. • Ladefoged, Peter; Ruth Glick; Clive Criper; Clifford H. Prator; Livingstone Walusimbi (1972) Language in Uganda (Ford Foundation language surveys vol. 1). London/New York etc. Oxford University Press. • Malandra, Alfred (1955) A new Acholi grammar. Kampala: Eagle Press. Hathitrust record • Okidi, Festo (2000) Acholi for beginners: grammar, Acholi–English, English–Acholi. London: Pilato Books. • p'Bitek, Okot (1985) Acholi proverbs. Nairobi: Heinemann Kenya. • p'Bitek, Okot (1984) Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol. (African Writers Series, 266). London: Heinemann Educational. • Janet Lakareber (2011) Coono Leb Acoli (intro) Acoli Accented Orthography. London: GBILA. ==External links==