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Revision as of 22:29, 23 November 2022 by Vincent (talk | contribs) (Created page with " == Phonology == === Consonants === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" | !Bilabial !Labio dental !Dental/ Alveolar !Retroflex !Palatal !Velar !Labial- velar !Glottal |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !<small>voiceless</small> |p | |t | | |k |k͡p | |- !<small>voiced</small> |m ~ b | |n ~ d |ɳ ~ ɖ | |ŋ ~ ɡ |ɡ͡b | |- ! rowspan="2" |Affricate !<small>voiceless</small> | | |t͡s | | | | | |- !<small>voiced</small> | | |d͡z | | | | | |- ! rowspan="2" |Fricative !<small>voicel...")
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Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labio
dental |
Dental/
Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labial-
velar |
Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||||
voiced | m ~ b | n ~ d | ɳ ~ ɖ | ŋ ~ ɡ | ɡ͡b | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | |||||||
voiced | d͡z | ||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | f | s | x | ||||
voiced | β | v | z | ɣ ~ ɰ ~ w | ʁ ~ ʕ ~ ɦ | ||||
Trill | r | ||||||||
Approximant | l ~ l̃ | ɲ ~ j | |||||||
Tap | (ɾ ~ ɾ̃) |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
Close-mid | e, ẽ | ə, ə̃ | o õ |
Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̃ | ɔ, ɔ̃ | |
Open | a, ã |
Orthography
The African Reference Alphabet is used.
A a | B b | D d | Ɖ ɖ | Dz dz | E e | Ɛ ɛ | F f | Ƒ ƒ | G g | Gb gb | Ɣ ɣ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
/a/ | /b/ | /d/ | /ɖ/ | /d͡z/ | /e/, /ə/ | /ɛ/ | /f/ | /ɸ/ | /ɡ/ | /ɡ͡b/ | /ɣ/ |
H h | I i | K k | Kp kp | L l | M m | N n | Ny ny | Ŋ ŋ | O o | Ɔ ɔ | P p |
/h/ | /i/ | /k/ | /k͡p/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ |
R r | S s | T t | Ts ts | U u | V v | Ʋ ʋ | W w | X x | Y y | Z z | |
/r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /t͡s/ | /u/ | /v/ | /β/ | /w/ | /x/ | /j/ | /z/ |