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== Consonants == | == Consonants == | ||
All consonants of Lo Ngehu are voiced aside from /h/. | All consonants of Lo Ngehu are voiced aside from /h/. | ||
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! !! Bilabial !! Dentolabial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal | |||
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! Plosive | |||
| '''b''' /b/ || || '''d''' /d~ɾ/ || ('''dy''' [d͡ʒ]) || '''g''' /ɡ/ || | |||
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! Nasal | |||
| '''m''' /m/ || || '''n''' /n/ || || '''ng''' /ŋ/ || | |||
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! Prenasalised plosive | |||
| '''mb''' /<sup><small>m</small></sup>b/ || || '''nd''' /<sup><small>n</small></sup>d/ || ('''ndy''' [<sup><small>n</small></sup>d͡ʒ]) || '''ngg''' /<sup><small>ŋ</small></sup>ɡ/ || | |||
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! Fricative | |||
| || '''v''' /v͆/ || '''z''' /z/ || ('''zy''' [ʒ]) || || '''h''' /h~ɦ/ | |||
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! Lateral | |||
| || || '''l''' /l/ || || || | |||
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! Semivowel | |||
| || || || '''y''' /j/ || '''w''' /w/ || | |||
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The prenasalised stops /<sup><small>m</small></sup>b/, /<sup><small>n</small></sup>d/ and /<sup><small>ŋ</small></sup>ɡ/ are pronounced with an unstressed syllabic nasal when utterance initial. Otherwise, the nasal component may appear to attach as a coda to the following syllable. For example, ''mba'' 'house' is [m̩.ˈba] when utterance initial but the phrase ''hi mba'' 'this house' is [him.ˈba]. | |||
The semivowel /j/ has a palatalising effect on the preceding consonant, most notably blending with /d <sup><small>n</small></sup>d z/ to become [d͡ʒ <sup><small>n</small></sup>d͡ʒ ʒ] respectively. The sequences /hj/ and /hw/ tend to be pronounced [ʍ] and [ç] respectively. | |||