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[[Tigel/Lexicon]] | [[Tigel/Lexicon]] | ||
Tigel (pronounced "tiggle" in English) is a [[West Talmic languages|West Talmic]] language. | Tigel (/ˈtʰɪgɤˤ/ pronounced "tiggle" in English) is a [[West Talmic languages|West Talmic]] language. | ||
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*/ɬ, ɮ/ are dental [] in the acrolect. They are alveolar [] in regional or basilectal speech. | */ɬ, ɮ/ are dental [] in the acrolect. They are alveolar [] in regional or basilectal speech. | ||
*/s, z/ are retracted [s̠, z̠], similar to the Northern/Central Castillan Spanish and Modern Greek counterparts. | */s, z/ are retracted [s̠, z̠], similar to the Northern/Central Castillan Spanish and Modern Greek counterparts. | ||
*/ʟ/ is phonetically a pharyngealized uvular approximant [ʁ̞ˤ] or a backed uvular approximant [ʁ̠̞] which may be pronounced with compressed lips [ʁ̞ˤᵝ~ʁ̠̞ᵝ]; the vocalic quality resembles [ɤ]. It is similar to the Philadelphia English vocalized L. The realization [ɴ] may be heard after vowels. (This article uses /ʟ/ for simplicity.) | */ʟ/ is phonetically a pharyngealized uvular approximant [ʁ̞ˤ] or a backed uvular approximant [ʁ̠̞] which may be pronounced with compressed lips [ʁ̞ˤᵝ~ʁ̠̞ᵝ]; the vocalic quality resembles [ɤ]. It is similar to the Philadelphia English vocalized L. The realization [ɴ] may be heard after stressed vowels. (This article uses /ʟ/ for simplicity.) | ||
** It is vocalized in unstressed syllables to [ɤˁ]. | |||
** In classical singing and some dialects [ɫ] is used. | ** In classical singing and some dialects [ɫ] is used. | ||
*/ʀ/ is a trill [ʀ] in careful speech. It is a fricative [ʁ] or an approximant [ʁ̞] in casual speech which devoices to [χ] word-finally or after an aspirate. The main features distinguishing /ʀ/ from /ʟ/ are greater frication and absence of pharyngealization in the former. | */ʀ/ is a trill [ʀ] in careful speech. It is a fricative [ʁ] or an approximant [ʁ̞] in casual speech which devoices to [χ] word-finally or after an aspirate. The main features distinguishing /ʀ/ from /ʟ/ are greater frication and absence of pharyngealization in the former. | ||
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! colspan="4" style="width: 180px; " |Front | ! colspan="4" style="width: 180px; " |Front | ||
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central | ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central | ||
! | ! colspan="3" style="width: 135px; " |Back | ||
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! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small> | ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>unrounded</small> | ||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small> | |||
! style="width: 45px; " |<small>unrounded</small> | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small> | ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |<small>rounded</small> | ||
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!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | ||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | ||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | |||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small> | ||
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small> | ||
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| '''y''' /ʏ/ | | '''y''' /ʏ/ | ||
| '''ý''' /yː/ | | '''ý''' /yː/ | ||
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| '''e''' /ə/ | | '''e''' /ə/ | ||
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| '''el''' [ɤ] | |||
| '''o''' /ɔ/ | | '''o''' /ɔ/ | ||
| '''ó''' /oː/ | | '''ó''' /oː/ | ||
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| '''a''' /ɐ/ | | '''a''' /ɐ/ | ||
| '''á''' /aː/ | | '''á''' /aː/ | ||
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