Talk:Sereer Grammar
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Phonology
The phonological inventory of Bari consists of many consonants and vowels, which have many interesting properties.
A tentative consonant inventory of Bari:
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Pharyngeal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n̪ | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Stop | voiceless | p ~ pʰ ~ ɸ | t̪⁽ʰ⁾ | tʰ | k ~ kʰ, (kᵂ) | ʔ | ||
voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | ||||
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||
Fricative | ɸ | s, (z) | (ʕ) | |||||
Liquid | l, r | |||||||
Glide | j |
A tentative vowel inventory of Bari:
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | i | ɨ | u | ||
High-mid | ɪ | ʊ | |||
Mid | e?, ɛ | ə | ɤ, o, ɔ | ||
Open | æ | a |
This chart needs a lot of editing, in terms of organizing the vowels better. Erin 00:33, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Morphology
This is where morphology talk should go.