Click on http://groups.google.com/group/kusaal/web/step-1---phonological-analysis
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.
I should explain the presence of [kp,kw] and [gb,gw] on the phone
chart: Phonology Assistant doesn't seem to have a way to indicate
consonant clusters, yet these are a feature of Kusaal. Sometimes
they're articulated [kp] and [gb], and sometimes [kw] and [gw],
depending on the speaker and/or how fast they're saying the word :) I
have sound files for some of the words, so if you'd like them to
listen to and verify some of the phonetic transcriptions, let me know
and I'll send them to you.
As for which minimal pairs to list for evidence, pick the best one for
each position, word-initially, word-medially, and word-finally. If
someone comes up with a better one at some point, we can always add or
change it later. I've set up a possible format for you to display
your minimal pairs in each of the three positions (if possible), where
(a) is word-initial, (b) is word-medial, and (c) is word-final.
Please include the gloss (English translation) of each word too.
I do have some material on Kusaal. It's mostly on the agole dialect
(ours is the tonde dialect), but will probably prove useful in helping
us know what to look for (no use totally re-inventing the wheel if we
don't have to, eh?), although sometimes it's more fun to discover
stuff first and have it confirmed afterwards. I should probably put
it on a page for people to look at. If you find anything, feel free
to post links and/or relevant points on the Kusaal Language
Characteristics page.