The Phonetics and Phonology of Ḥarsūsi: An Instrumental Phonetics Study

• Dates: 2019–24
• Funding body: Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
• Primary investigator: Hammal Al Balushi (Linguistics & Phonetics)
• Co-investigators: Janet C.E. Watson; Leendert Plug (Linguistics & Phonetics)
• Language at Leeds satellites: Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures, and Ecosystems (CELCE)
• Language at Leeds themes: Language and society

This project is the first analysis of the Ḥarsūsi sound system based on first-hand field data since Johnstone’s work conducted over 43 years ago, and constitutes the first step towards a full linguistic documentation of Ḥarsūsi.