Choni language

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Choni (Jonê) and Thewo are dialects of a Tibetic language spoken in western China in the vicinity of Jonê County.

Choni
Thewo-Chone Cone Tibetan
tço.ne
Pronunciation	[tɕo.ne]
Native to	China
Region	Gansu, Sichuan
Native speakers	150,000 (2004)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Kanauri ? Bodish Tibetic (Amdo Tibetan) Choni
Dialects	Thewo Hbrugchu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cda`
Glottolog	`chon1285`
ELP	Choni

Choni has four contrastive aspirated fricatives: /sʰ/ /ɕʰ/, /ʂʰ/, /xʰ/.^[2]

Phonology

/r/ is phonetically a fricativized alveolar trill [r̝], and may be heard as [ʐ] as an allophone.
A syllable-initial /k/ can be heard as a uvular fricative [χ] before voiceless consonants and as a voiced [ʁ] before voiced consonants. A syllable-final /k/ can be heard as a uvular stop [q] after /æ/or/ɔ/ vowel sounds.
[ʁ] can also be heard as an allophone of /ɣ/ between /æ/or/ɔ/ and another vowel.^[3]

[ũː] rarely exists as a phoneme, and is only attested in a few words with a palatal or alveolo-palatal initial.

^ Jacques, Guillaume (April 2012). "A phonological profile of Cone" (PDF). HAL. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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