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Language
Turkana
Type
Distribution
Pattern Description
blocks lengthening of vowel after syncopated vowel
Segments
m,n,ɲ,ŋ,l,r,j,w
-front
-nonlow_front_V
-tense_V
-stop
-voiceless_stop
-obs_stop
-unrounded
+voice
+voice
+voice
-voiceless
+voiced (vs. unvoiced)
+voiced
+voice
-spread
+voice
-strident (vs. mellow)
-voiced_obs
.tense (vs. lax)
-higher-mid
-nonhigh_tense_V
-nonhigh_V
-glottal
-low
-low
+sonorant
+sonorant
+sonorant
+sonorant
+sonorant
-ATR_high_V
-high
-high_V
-lax_V
-back_V
-central
-low
-k
-fricative
-rounded
-round_V
-back
-round
-round
-flat (vs. plain)
-short_V
-strident
-strident
-strident
-strident
-strident
-lower-mid
-V
+consonant
-vowel
ncovered
-syllabic
nATR
-syllabic
-SYLLABIC
-SYLLABIC
-SYLLABIC
-lower-high
-stop,+voiced
-syllabic,+sonorant
ncovered,+sonorant
-syllabic,+sonorant
nATR,+sonorant
+sonorant,-SYLLABIC
+sonorant,-SYLLABIC
+sonorant,-SYLLABIC
Reference
Dimmendaal, Gerritt Jan (1983) The Turkana Language. Cinnaminson: Foris Publications.
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