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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Description of the whistling sounds with approximated | Description of the whistling sounds with approximated articulation. | ||
===Nucleus=== | ===Nucleus=== | ||
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====Whistles==== | ====Whistles==== | ||
Bilabial rounded whistles: | Bilabial rounded whistles: | ||
*Egressive voiceless: y /ɸẙ/, u /ɸů | *Egressive voiceless: y /ɸẙ/, u /ɸů/ | ||
*Egressive voiced: vy (βy/, vu /βʉ | *Egressive voiced: vy (βy/, vu /βʉ/ | ||
**Vocal chords vibrate while whistling | **Vocal chords vibrate while whistling | ||
*Ingressive voiceless: -y /ɸẙ↓/, -u /ɸů↓ | *Ingressive voiceless: -y /ɸẙ↓/, -u /ɸů↓/ | ||
**Carries an innate pitch higher than egressive, but still distinguishes between tonal variations. | **Carries an innate pitch higher than egressive, but still distinguishes between tonal variations. | ||
*Ingressive voiced: -vy /βˤy↓/, -vu /βˤʉ↓/ | *Ingressive "voiced": -vy /βˤy↓/, -vu /βˤʉ↓/ | ||
**Used as particles | **Used as particles | ||
====Hisses==== | ====Hisses==== | ||
Labio-dental-alveolar egressive whistles: | Labio-dental-alveolar egressive whistles: | ||
*Voiceless: i /sfi/, a /sfɨ | *Voiceless: i /sfi/, a /sfɨ/ | ||
*Voiced: zi /zvi/, za /zvɨ | *Voiced: zi /zvi/, za /zvɨ/ | ||
===Onset=== | ===Onset=== | ||
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Possible consonant-ejective whistle beginnings: | Possible consonant-ejective whistle beginnings: | ||
*k /k'/ with both whistles and hisses | *q /q'/ with whistles only | ||
*k /k'/ with both whistles and hisses | |||
*c /c'/ with whistles only | |||
*t /t'/ with whistles only | |||
*p /p'/ with hisses only | *p /p'/ with hisses only | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
*Egressive whistles and hisses can't follow each other, and they have to be separated by an ingressive whistle. | *Egressive whistles and hisses can't immediately follow each other, and they have to be separated by an ingressive whistle. | ||
*Voiced whistles and hisses can't be preceded by a plosive | *Voiced whistles and hisses can't be preceded by a plosive | ||
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*Dipping: ỹ /ɸỹ:/; [ɸy˧˨˧] or [↓˥˦˥] | *Dipping: ỹ /ɸỹ:/; [ɸy˧˨˧] or [↓˥˦˥] | ||
===Tone sandhi=== | |||
Level after another tone | |||
1 low, 2 medial, 3 high, 4 rising, 5 falling, 6 dipping | |||
After consonants... | |||