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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
<poem> | |||
Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory: | |||
Vowels: | |||
a ɛ e i o u y a: ɛ: eɪ i: ɔ: oʊ u: øʏ y: | |||
Non-clicks: | |||
Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ | |||
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ | |||
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ | |||
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ | |||
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ | |||
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ | |||
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ | |||
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h | |||
Clicks: | |||
ʘ ʘh gʘ gʘh ŋʘ ŋʘʰ | |||
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ | |||
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ | |||
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ | |||
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ | |||
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks | |||
</poem> | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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