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(Created page with "{{private}} '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (endonym: '''''tembadu hānkwu''''' [te̞ˈmbaɾu ˈhaːŋkwu]) is a language spoken by the Nkwu people of Bū. ==Name== ==Phonology== ===Cons...")
 
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|- align=center
! !! Labial/<br />Labio-dental/<br />Labio-velar || Dental/<br />Alveolar !! Post-Alveolar/<br />Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal !! Romanisation (Krauss)/<br />Romanisation (Harlowe)
|- align=center
! Nasal
| m || n || || ŋ ||
! ⟨ m n ng ⟩<br />⟨ m n ŋ ⟩
|- align=center
! Glottalised<br />Prenasalised<br />Nasal
| ⁿˀm || ⁿˀn || || ⁿˀŋ ||
! ⟨ mpm ntn nkng ⟩<br />⟨ mpm ntn ŋkŋ ⟩
|- align=center
! Plosive
| p b || t d || || k g || ʔ
! ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩<br />⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩
|- align=center
! Prenasalised<br />Plosive
| ⁿp ⁿb || ⁿt ⁿd || || ⁿk ⁿg ||
! ⟨ mp mb nt nd nk ngg ⟩<br />⟨ mp mb nt nd ŋk ŋg ⟩
|- align=center
! Glottalised<br />Prenasalised<br />Plosive
| ⁿˀb || ⁿˀd || || ⁿˀg ||
! ⟨ mpb ntd nkg ⟩<br />⟨ mpb ntd ŋkg ⟩
|- align=center
! Fricative
| f v || s z || ʃ ʒ || || h
! ⟨ f v s z x j h ⟩<br />⟨ f v s z š ž h ⟩
|- align=center
! Prenasalised<br />Fricative
| ⁿf ⁿv || ⁿs ⁿz || ⁿʃ ⁿʒ || || ⁿh
! ⟨ mf mv ns nz nx nj ngh ⟩<br />⟨ mf mv ns nz nš nž ŋh ⟩
|- align=center
! Semivowel
| w || || j || ||
! ⟨ w y ⟩<br />⟨ w y ⟩
|- align=center
! Liquid
| || l || || ||
! ⟨ l ⟩<br />⟨ l ⟩
|}
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
===Prosody===
===Prosody===
==Morphophonology==
==Morphophonology==
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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