خلاصة:
Objectives: The present research aims to study the normal development of Percentage of
Consonant Correct (PCC) in Kurdish-speaking children, with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani
Dialect as an Articulation Competency Index (ACI). PCC was examined in terms of the
manner of articulation and position of sound in the word.
Methods: In this descriptoanalytical cross-sectional study, 120 Kurdish-speaking children
aged 3-5 years were evaluated by a Kurdish phonetic test. Participants were selected randomly
from health centers and nursery schools in Bukan City, Iran. Nonparametric statistical tests
of Kruskal-Wallis and Mann–Whitney U were used to analyze data through SPSS software
(version 19).
Results: The percentage of accuracy of Kurdish language consonants gradually increased from
3 to 5 years. The results did not show any significant difference between the girls and boys
(P>0.05), although girls showed better performance than boys. Kurdish-speaking children
were more accurate in the pronunciation of nasal, glide, lateral, stop and flap than fricative,
affricative and trill consonants. Consonants in the initial position were produced better and
were more precise than consonants in the medial and final position.
Discussion: PCC is an important and helpful index for speech and language pathologists, who
are involved in assessment and treatment of Kurdish-speaking children. The results of this
study showed that the PCC in Kurdish-speaking children with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani
Dialect increased with age and it was related to the manner of articulation and the position of
sound in words.
ملخص الجهاز:
Research Paper: Percentage of Consonants Correct for 3-5 Years Old Kurdish-Speaking Children With Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect Shahla Fatemi Syadar1 , Talieh Zarifian1* , Yahya Modarresi2, Muhamad Sediq Zahedi3, Mona Ebrahimipur1, Akbar Biglarian4 1.
:: Article info: Received: 26 Aug 2017 Accepted: 28 Jan 2018 Keywords: Percentage of consonant correct, Test, Articulation, Child, Kurdish language A B S T R A C T Objectives: The present research aims to study the normal development of Percentage of Consonant Correct (PCC) in Kurdish-speaking children, with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect as an Articulation Competency Index (ACI).
The results of this study showed that the PCC in Kurdish-speaking children with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect increased with age and it was related to the manner of articulation and the position of sound in words .
As there is no articulation competence index ACI in the Kurdish language, the aim of this study was to determine the percentage of consonant correct in the intended age groups and study the effect of manner and place of ar- ticulation on consonants accuracy and finally, compare this scale in girls and boys.
4. Discussion The present research studies the percentage of conso- nant correct in Kurdish speaking children, aged 3 to 5 years, with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dialect.
Comparison of mean percentage of consonant accuracy in total, for girls and boys, based on the position of consonant in the word FormatteThe results of the study showed that PCC in Kurdish speaking children with Middle Kurmanji-Mukryani Dia- lect consisted with PCC in Persian and English speaking children, with little difference.