WORDLIST IN NEPALI TO ASSESS ARTICULATORY ERRORS.

Abstract

The present study was designed to develop a wordlist which can be used as a screening tool to identify articulatory errors in children aged 3 and above. Total of 40 children participated in the study that was further divided into four groups with 10 children in each age group as 3 to 3.11, 4 to 4.11, 5 to 5.11 and 6 to 6.11 years. The participants of this study were included based on normal oral-motor examination, native Nepali speakers and without complaint of other otological disorders as hearing loss and ear discharge. Wordlist was developed with picturable words within the vocabulary of typically developing 3 to 5 years old children. The words contained target phonemes in three positions as initial, medial and final position. Pictures were shown to the children and response was recorded, which was further transcribed into broad IPA (International Phonetic Alphabets) and analyzed to understand the phonological acquisition across different age group.

Keywords: Acquisition, Articulation Nepali, Phonemes, Picture, Wordlist