User:Dendana/sandbox/Djeoromitxí
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Phonology[edit]
There is no tonal system in Djeoromitxí and accent is not contrastive.[1] Morphophonological processes are rare.
Syllable structure follows a (C)V pattern.
Consonants[edit]
The table below shows the consonant phonemes of Djeoromitxí.[2]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Alveolo-palatal | Velar/ Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | ps | tʃ | ||
| voiced | bz | dʒ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | h | |||
| voiced | β | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||
[ɸ] is an allophone of /p/ before high and medium round vowels, and [ɲ] is an allophone of /n/ following the high nasal vowel /ĩ/.
While /ps/ and /bz/ only occur before /i/, they are contrastive with the other bilabial obstruents.
Vowels[edit]
The tables below show the vowel phonemes of Djeoromitxí.[2]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | ĩ | ||
| Mid | ẽ | õ | |
| Open | ã |
[ũ] is an allophone of /õ/ in free variation with [õ] after /h/.
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Pires (1992), pp. 17.
- ^ a b Pires (1992), pp. 19–21.
Works cited[edit]
- Pires, Nádia N. (1992). Estudo da gramática da língua Jeoromitxi (Jabuti) (MA thesis). Universidade Estadual de Campinas.