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The term '''emphatic''' is a controversial one, introduced by Crossing, but refers to a certain form of assimilation in the Tsani language. Following long vowels, fricative consonants and /r/ change their pronunciation. | The term '''emphatic''' is a controversial one, introduced by Crossing, but refers to a certain form of assimilation in the Tsani language. Following long vowels, fricative consonants and /r/ change their pronunciation. | ||
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|+'''Tsani emphatics and finals''' | |+'''Tsani emphatics and finals''' | ||
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When in coda position of a word, consonants are pronounced with [[w:no audible release|no audible release]]. This applies to all oral occlusives, or plosives. Ejective plosives are never found in final position and thus never unreleased. D'Ivoir observed a tendency for final occlusive consonants to be fricativised in certain dialects. He did not want to go as far as to call it phonemic, however. | When in coda position of a word, consonants are pronounced with [[w:no audible release|no audible release]]. This applies to all oral occlusives, or plosives. Ejective plosives are never found in final position and thus never unreleased. D'Ivoir observed a tendency for final occlusive consonants to be fricativised in certain dialects. He did not want to go as far as to call it phonemic, however. | ||
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|+'''Tsani final occlusives''' | |+'''Tsani final occlusives''' | ||
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! | ! | ||
!p | !p | ||
!t | !t | ||
!q | !q | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Plain | ! Plain | ||
|/p/ | |/p/ | ||
|/t/ | |/t/ | ||
|/c ~ q/ | |/c ~ q/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Unreleased | !Unreleased | ||
|[p̚] | |[p̚] | ||
|[t̚] | |[t̚] | ||
|[c̚ ~ q̚] | |[c̚ ~ q̚] | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Suprasegmentals=== | ===Suprasegmentals=== |