Phonology
Taba has fifteen indigenous consonant phonemes, and four loan phonemes: /ʔ/,/dʒ/, /tʃ/, and /f/. These are shown below:
Bilabial | Apico-alveolar | Lamino-palatal | Dorso-velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stop | b p | d t | ɡ k | (ʔ) | |
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
Affricate | (dʒ tʃ) | ||||
Fricative | (f) | s | |||
Trill | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j | h |
Taba has five vowels, illustrated on the table below. The front and central vowels are unrounded; the back vowels are rounded.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Open | a aː |
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