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Consonant groups: | |||
* Labial: /{{IPA|p, m, ŋʷ, w, ɥ, ʀʷ, kʷ}}/ | |||
* Palatal: /{{IPA|ɲ, t͡ʃ, ʃ, j, ç}}/ & for some archaic speakers - /{{IPA|ɥ, t͡s}}/ | |||
* Neutral: /{{IPA|t, n, ŋ, r, ɬ, ʀ, ɰ, l, ʀ, k, s, z, t͡s}}/ | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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===Syllabes=== | ===Syllabes=== | ||
Keren syllabes occur as (C)(C)V(:)(C)(C²)T where (C²) is one of these three consonants /{IPA|r, n, m}}/, that can be stressed independently as syllabic consonants. (T) is mid tone /{{IPA|˧}}/ (unmarked/default), low tone /{{IPA|˩}}/ or “question tone” - /{{IPA|˧˩˥}}/ (only in question particle). Some speakers can ad [{{IPA|ə̥}}] between onset-syllabes consonant cluster, at least in unstressed syllabes. Low-toned syllabes work as stressed syllabes. | Keren syllabes occur as (C)(C)V(:)(C)(C²)T where (C²) is one of these three consonants /{{IPA|r, n, m}}/, that can be stressed independently as syllabic consonants. (T) is mid tone /{{IPA|˧}}/ (unmarked/default), low tone /{{IPA|˩}}/ or “question tone” - /{{IPA|˧˩˥}}/ (only in question particle). Some speakers can ad [{{IPA|ə̥}}] between onset-syllabes consonant cluster, at least in unstressed syllabes. Low-toned syllabes work as stressed syllabes. | ||
===Prosody=== | |||
Stress is penultimate. Secondary stress is on first syllabe & occurs in word with at least five syllabes (for some archaic speakers, ar least four). | |||