Emmese
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Emmese is a language isolate.
Phonology
Phonemic Inventory
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Dorsal | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p b | t̪ d̪ | t d | c ɟ | k g | ʔ |
Fricative | ɸ β | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | χ | h |
Nasal | m | n̪, | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Trill | r | |||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Many of these consonants are found only in Sandhi or other similar contexts.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | y ɪ | u ʊ | |
Mid | e | ə | o |
Open | a ɐ |
Emmese has tense-lax vowel harmony throughout its verbal chains, although there are exceptions to this rule.