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Bijun vowels are considered probably the most distinct part of Bijun from standard Bemé; most notably, the merging of /i/ and /e/ into just /i/. All initial vowels are pre-glottalised in Bijun, which also leads to a prevalence of orthographic [[w:H-dropping|''H''-insertion]], such as ''{{bm|abo}}'' to '''''h'''abo'' to make up for this pronunciation, as well as a shift of /o/ to /u/ in word-final positions and again from /o/ to /ɔ/ in word-initial positions (though this is generally less common). Finally, the phonemic /u/, in contrast to its allophonic status as of /o/, is generally closer to the [[w:Near-front near-back unrounded vowel|near-front near-back]] /[[w:Near-front near-back unrounded vowel|ʊ]]/, especially in closed syllables such as in ''bij'''u'''n'' [[IPA for Bemé|[bi.ʒʊn]]] | Bijun vowels are considered probably the most distinct part of Bijun from standard Bemé; most notably, the merging of /i/ and /e/ into just /i/. All initial vowels are pre-glottalised in Bijun, which also leads to a prevalence of orthographic [[w:H-dropping|''H''-insertion]], such as ''{{bm|abo}}'' to '''''h'''abo'' to make up for this pronunciation, as well as a shift of /o/ to /u/ in word-final positions and again from /o/ to /ɔ/ in word-initial positions (though this is generally less common). Finally, the phonemic /u/, in contrast to its allophonic status as of /o/, is generally closer to the [[w:Near-front near-back unrounded vowel|near-front near-back]] /[[w:Near-front near-back unrounded vowel|ʊ]]/, especially in closed syllables such as in ''bij'''u'''n'' [[IPA for Bemé|[bi.ʒʊn]]] | ||
Among consonants, the distinction in [[w:Voice (phonetics)|voicing]] among plosives is neutralised before other consonants; thus, the distinction between /kr/ and /gr/, two common affricates in standard Bemé, completely breaks down. Additionally however, coincidentally reminiscent of [[w:Haitian Creole|Haitian Creole]], /kr/ [[w:Labialization|labialises]] to /kw/ before back vowels /o u/, so ''krom'' "bread, food" is pronounced ''k'''w'''om'', which may progress further to a reversal of the labialisation to leave just ''kom''. | Among consonants, the distinction in [[w:Voice (phonetics)|voicing]] among plosives is neutralised before other consonants; thus, the distinction between /kr/ and /gr/, two common affricates in standard Bemé, completely breaks down. Additionally however, coincidentally reminiscent of [[w:Haitian Creole|Haitian Creole]], /kr/ [[w:Labialization|labialises]] to /kw/ before back vowels /o u/, so ''krom'' "bread, food" is pronounced ''k'''w'''om'', which may progress further to a reversal of the labialisation to leave just ''kom''. Affricates /tʃ/ is pronounced /ts/ and /dʒ/ is pronounced /ʒ/ (possibly reflecting the original French pronunciation of the islands' name, [[w:Help:IPA/French|[biʒu]]]). /l/ is always [[w:Dark l|velarised]]. | ||
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