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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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* | * 4 consonants: | ||
** voiced rostral/labial stop: b | ** voiced rostral/labial stop: b | ||
** voiced apico-palatal/postdental stop: d | ** voiced apico-palatal/postdental stop: d | ||
** voiceless apico-palatal/alveolar stop: t | ** voiceless apico-palatal/alveolar stop: t | ||
** voiceless lamino-palatal/dorsal stop: c~k | ** voiceless lamino-palatal/dorsal stop: c~k | ||
* a large inventory of vowels: ''i ị e ẹ a ạ ọ o ụ u'' /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts + ''ă'' (shva na3, by default /ä/) | * a large inventory of vowels: ''i ị e ẹ a ạ ọ o ụ u'' /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts + ''ă'' (shva na3, by default /ä/) | ||
** birds pronounce /ɔ o ʊ u -w/ as their unrounded counterparts | ** birds pronounce /ɔ o ʊ u -w/ as their unrounded counterparts |
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