-
paired (divided). In such cases, the
anterior half is
referred to as the
prenasal and the
posterior half is
referred to as the postnasal.
Supranasal scales...
- have
aspirated allophones as [d͡zʱ, sʰ].
Prenasal aspirated sounds /ᵐpʰ, ⁿtʰ, ᵑkʰ/ can have
allophones as
prenasal-devoiced
plosives [ᵐb̥ʰ, ⁿd̥ʰ, ᵑɡ̊ʰ]....
- Mountains. Five
vowels are
noted as [i, ɛ, a, ɔ, u]. The
diacritics within prenasal voiceless plosives are
devoiced as [ᵐ̥ ⁿ̥ ᵑ̊].
Sambaa at
Ethnologue (18th...
-
Vowel sounds /ɛ, a, ɨ, ɔ/ may also have
realizations of [e, ɐ, ɯ, o].
Prenasal sounds /ᵐb, ⁿd/ may also be
realized as
nasal sonorants [m, n] in front...
-
Glottal Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k (ʔ)
voiced b d ɡ
prenasal vd. ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ
prenasal vl. ᵑk
implosive (ɓ)
Affricate voiceless p͡f t͡s t͡ʃ voiced...
-
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
prenasal voiceless mp /ᵐp/ nt /ⁿt/ nk /ᵑk/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /ɡ/
prenasal voiced mb /ᵐb/ nd /ⁿd/ ng /ᵑɡ/ Fricative...
- /a/. It can also be
heard as a
voiced plosive [b]
after nasals, and as
prenasal [ᵐb] in word-initial position.
Sounds /ɣ, ɣʲ/ can be
heard as approximant...
-
heard as a
retroflex lateral [ɭ].
Prenasal palatalized-velar stop
consonants /ᵑkʲ ᵑɡʲ/ may
often be
heard as
prenasal palatal stop
consonants [ᶮc ᶮɟ]....
- ǁq ǂq
prenasal ᵑǀᶢ ᵑǁᶢ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive/
Affricate voiceless p t ts k ʔ
voiced b d dz ɡ
aspirated tʰ tsʰ kʰ
ejective tʼ tsʼ kʼ (kxʼ)
prenasal ᵑɡ Fricative...
-
voiced b (ɓ) d ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ ᵑ͡ᵐɡ͡b
Nasal m n
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v z
prenasal (ᶬv) ⁿz
Rhotic r
Approximant plain l j w
prenasal ⁿj...
