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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The usual phonemic analysis of Nkwu consonants devised by Trang (1958) comprises many phonemes that, on surface analysis, would appear to be clusters. These are analysed as phonemes for reasons of parsimony in describing phonotactics and morphophonology. | |||
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! Plosive | ! Plosive | ||
| p b<br />[p] [b] || t d<br />[t̪] [d̪] || || k ɡ<br />[k] [ɡ] || ʔ<br />[ʔ] | | p b<br />[p] [b] || t d<br />[t~t̪] [d~d̪] || || k ɡ<br />[k] [ɡ] || ʔ<br />[ʔ] | ||
! ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩<br />⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩ | ! ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩<br />⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩ | ||
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