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Phonology
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Vowels
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Consonants
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Allophony
1.4
Syllables
1.5
Tone
2
Orthography
3
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gimi (Labogai) is a Papuan language spoken in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Phonology[edit]
Gimi has 5 vowels and 12 consonants.[2] It has voiceless and voiced glottal consonants where related languages have /k/ and /ɡ/. The voiceless glottal is simply a glottal stop [ʔ]. The voiced consonant behaves phonologically like a glottal stop, but does not have full closure. Phonetically it is a creaky-voiced glottal approximant [ʔ̞].[3]
Consonants[edit]
Allophony[edit]
/p/ occurs word initially only in loanwords.
/b/ can surface as either [b]or[β]infree variation.
/z/ becomes [s] before /ɑ/.
/t/ and /ɾ/ tend to fluctuate with one another word initially.
Syllables[edit]
The syllable structure is (C)V(G), where G is either /ʔ/or/ʔ̞/.
The final vowel of a word takes either a level or falling tone. The falling tone is written with an acute accent.
| ak "seed"
|
ák "armband"
|
| nimi "bird"
|
nimí "louse"
|
Orthography[edit]
Gimi uses the Latin script.[2]
| Letter
|
Aa |
Bb |
Dd |
Ee |
Gg |
Hh |
Ii |
Kk |
Mm |
Nn |
Oo |
Pp |
Rr |
Ss |
Tt |
Uu |
Zz |
| IPA
|
ɑ
|
b
|
d
|
e
|
ʔ̞
|
h
|
i
|
ʔ
|
m
|
n
|
o
|
p
|
ɾ
|
s
|
t
|
u
|
z
|
References[edit]
^ a b Gimi Organised Phonology Data. [Manuscript] [1]
^ Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
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t
e
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| Goroka |
| Gahuku |
|
|---|
| Kamono–Yagaria |
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|---|
| Others |
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|---|
|
|---|
| Kainantu |
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