Length and syllable weight in Ibibio

Abstract

This paper presents a study of segment length and its relationship to the syllable in Ibibio, a Lower Cross language spoken in Nigeria. Syllable structure processes such as consonant lengthening, lenition, vowel lengthening and truncation all occur to satisfy syllable weight requirements.

Keywords

• Ibibio
• segment length
• phonology
• lenitition
• syllable weight