Article outline

• 1.Linguistic and orthographic background
  • 1.1Affiliation and location
  • 1.2Orthography development
  • 1.3Previous research
  • 1.4Typology
  • 1.5Consonants
  • 1.6Vowels
    • 1.6.1Processes affecting segments
    • 1.6.2Vowel harmony
    • 1.6.3Vowel assimilation
    • 1.6.4Vowel deletion
    • 1.6.5Consonant deletion
  • 1.7Tone
    • 1.7.1Generalities
    • 1.7.2Tone orthography
    • 1.7.3Post-lexical tonal processes
      • 1.7.3.1Tone spreading
      • 1.7.3.2Downstep and downdrift
      • 1.7.3.3Upstep or H tone raising
      • 1.7.3.4H and L tone assimilation
      • 1.7.3.5Tone and consonant interaction
    • 1.7.4Lexical tonal processes
      • 1.7.4.1Subject-marking H tone
      • 1.7.4.2L tone raising at phrasal boundaries
      • 1.7.4.3L tone raising in the associative construction
      • 1.7.4.4HL simplification
      • 1.7.4.5Object pronoun dissimilation
    • 1.7.5Lexical tone
    • 1.7.6Grammatical tone
• 2.Literacy background
  • 2.1Literacy programs
  • 2.2Literature production
  • 2.3Pedagogical materials
    • 2.3.1Primer
    • 2.3.2Transition Guide
• Notes