SNgenguai: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:10, 22 November 2025

sNgenguai is the umbrella term for the various Cicigean dialects spoken in Cicex.

sNgenguai consonant inventory
		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	Tenuis	p	t	c	k	ʔ
	Ejective	pʼ	tʼ	cʼ	kʼ
	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	Voiceless	(f)	s			h
Fricative	Voiced	(v)	z			ɦ
Trill			r
Approximant		w	l	j

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-{{Lowercase title|force=sNgenguai}}
+{{Lowercase title|force=sNgenguai}}'''sNgenguai''' is the umbrella term for the various Cicigean dialects spoken in [[Cicex]].
+== Phonology ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+sNgenguai consonant inventory
+! colspan="2" |
+!Labial
+!Dental
+!Palatal
+!Velar
+!Glottal
+|-
+! rowspan="3" |Plosive
+!Tenuis
+|p
+|t
+|c
+|k
+|ʔ
+|-
+!Ejective
+|pʼ
+|tʼ
+|cʼ
+|kʼ
+|
+|-
+!Aspirated
+|pʰ
+|tʰ
+|cʰ
+|kʰ
+|
+|-
+! colspan="2" |Nasal
+|m
+|n
+|ɲ
+|ŋ
+|
+|-
+! rowspan="2" |Fricative
+!Voiceless
+|(f)
+|s
+|
+|
+|h
+|-
+!Voiced
+|(v)
+|z
+|
+|
+|ɦ
+|-
+!Trill
+!
+|
+|r
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+!Approximant
+!
+|w
+|l
+|j
+|
+|
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+sNgenguai vowel inventory
+!
+! colspan="3" |No Medial
+! colspan="3" |i-medial
+! colspan="3" |u-medial
+|-
+!
+!Front
+!Central
+!Back
+!Front
+!Central
+!Back
+!Front
+!Central
+!Back
+|-
+!Close
+|i ĩ
+|
+|u ũ
+|
+|
+|i̯u i̯ũ
+|u̯i u̯ĩ
+|
+|
+|-
+!Mid
+|e ẽ
+|ə ə̃
+|o õ
+|i̯e i̯ẽ
+|i̯ə i̯ə̃
+|i̯o i̯õ
+|u̯e u̯ẽ
+|u̯ə u̯ə̃
+|u̯o u̯õ
+|-
+!Open
+| colspan="3" |a ã
+| colspan="3" |i̯a i̯ã
+| colspan="3" |u̯a u̯ã
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+sNgenguai tones
+!Tone
+!IPA
+!Orthography
+|-
+!high
+|á
+|''a''
+|-
+!low
+|à
+|''à''
+|-
+!creaky voice
+|a̰
+|''ax''
+|}
+[[Category:Languages]]