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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Tigal has a relatively average consonant inventory of around 20 consonants, like most West Talmic languages. | Tigal has a relatively average consonant inventory of around 20 consonants, like most West Talmic languages. The phonology is unusual for having lateral fricatives and two liquids undefined for laterality. | ||
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!rowspan="2"|Fricative | !rowspan="2"|Fricative | ||
!<small>voiceless</small> | !<small>voiceless</small> | ||
| f || s || ɬ || ç~x | | f || s || ɬ || ç~x || || h | ||
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!<small>voiced</small> | !<small>voiced</small> | ||
| v || z || ɮ || j~ɣ | | v || z || ɮ || j~ɣ || || | ||
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!colspan="2"| | !colspan="2"| Liquid | ||
| || | | || || ɽ~ɺ˞~ɭ || || ʀ~ʟ || | ||
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!colspan="2"| Approximant | !colspan="2"| Approximant | ||
| w | | w || || || | ||
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*/ŋ, kʰ, k/ are usually velar [ŋ, kʰ, k], but are often uvular [ɴ, qʰ, q] next to /ʀ~ʟ/. /kʰʀ/ becomes an affricate or a trilled affricate [qχ]. | */ŋ, kʰ, k/ are usually velar [ŋ, kʰ, k], but are often uvular [ɴ, qʰ, q] next to /ʀ~ʟ/. /kʰʀ/ becomes an affricate or a trilled affricate [qχ]. | ||
*/x, ɣ/ palatalize to [ç, j] before /iː yː ɪ ʏ eː øː/. | */x, ɣ/ palatalize to [ç, j] before /iː yː ɪ ʏ eː øː/. | ||
*/ | *The retroflex liquid /ɽ~ɺ˞~ɭ/: | ||
** | **The [ɽ~ɺ˞] allophone occurs before vowels. | ||
** | **The [ɭ] allophones occurs after vowels, however [ɻ] is acceptable in this position too. | ||
*/ʀ/ is a trill [ʀ] in careful speech | *The uvular liquid /ʀ~ʟ/: | ||
**The [ʀ] allophone occurs before consonants. It is a trill [ʀ] in careful speech, and a fricative [ʁ] in casual speech which devoices to [χ] after an aspirate or another fricative. | |||
**The allophone transcribed as [ʟ] occurs after vowels but may occur before consonants. but may occur is phonetically a pharyngealized uvular approximant or a backed uvular approximant with compressed rounding [ʁ̞ᵝˤ~ʁ̠̞ᵝ]; the vocalic quality resembles [ɤ]. It is similar to the Philadelphia English vocalized L. | |||
**In classical singing and some dialects [r] is used. | **In classical singing and some dialects [r] is used. | ||
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