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Spoken and Written Communication: Are Five Vowels Enough?
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Abbott, Gerry – 1977
The comparatively small vowel inventory of Bantu languages leads young Bantu learners to produce "undifferentiations," so that, for example, the spoken forms of "hat,""hut,""heart" and "hurt" sound the same to a British ear. The two criteria for a non-native speaker's spoken performance are…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)