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| o || [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] || k'''o'''l'''o''' || y'''aw'''n | | o || [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] || k'''o'''l'''o''' || y'''aw'''n | ||
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| u || [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|u]] || y'''u''' || h'''oo''k | | u || [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|u]] || y'''u''' || h'''oo'''k | ||
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The distinction between /kr tr t͡ʃr/, as well as between /gr d͡ʒr/, has been historically neutralised, leading to a varying pronunciation: | |||
* ⟨kr⟩ may be heard as /tɹ kɹ t͡ʃɹ/; | |||
* The approximant may be devoiced, leaving /tɹ̥ kɹ̥ t͡ʃɹ̥/; | |||
* In the most [[w:Basilect|basilectal]](''Basilek'') varieties, the stop may be simply [[w:Aspirated consonant|strongly aspirated]], leaving /tʰː kʰː t͡ʃʰː/; | |||
* The realisation may be aspirated [[w:Retroflex consonant|retroflex]] /ʈʰ/, and similarly [[w:Voiceless retroflex affricate|affricated]] to /ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ/. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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| || [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || || || | | || [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || || || | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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! colspan=2 | Close | ! colspan=2 | Close | ||
| i || u | | [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] || [[w:Near-close near-back rounded vowel|u]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Mid | ! rowspan=2 | Mid | ||
! Close-mid | ! Close-mid | ||
| e || rowspan=2 | o | | [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || rowspan=2 | [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Open-mid | ! Open-mid | ||
| (ɛ) | | ([[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Open | ! colspan=2 | Open | ||
| colspan=2 | a | | colspan=2 | [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Bemé]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Creole languages]] | [[Category:Bemé]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Creole languages]] | ||