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Asụsụ Nii

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Nii bụ asụsụ Trans–New Guinea nke alaka Chimbu–Wahgi nke a na-asụ n'ugwu Papua New Guinea .

Nii nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ na-adịghị ahụkebe nke consonants mpụta : a na-ahụkarị flap alveolar, /ɺ/, gbakwunyere ma eze na velar mpụta fricatives, /ɬ̪/ na /𝼄/, nke a na-ekwupụta n'etiti ụdaume na adịghị eme na mbido mbụ.

fonology

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N'ihu Central Azu
Elu i u ʊ
Nso-Elu ɪ ~
N'etiti ɛ o ~ ɔ
Mepee a

Consonants

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Nii consonants (Stucky 1973)
Labial eze Alveolar Palatal Velar
Ihu imi m n ŋ
Emebere ya tupu oge eruo ᵐb ⁿdz ⁿd ᵑɡ
Ọnụ ọnụ p r k
N'akụkụ ɬ̪ ɺ 𝼄
Odika w j
Nii consonant allophones (Stucky 1973)
Phoneme word-

initial
inter-

vocalic
word-

final
utterance-

final
/p/ [p]~[b] [pᵊ]~[pʰ] [pʰ]
/s/ [s̪]~[t̪s̪]~[t̪] [s̪]~[t̪] [s̪]~[t̪s̪]
/r/ [t]~[r](?)

(after another word)
[ɾ]~[r] [r̥] (after a vowel)
/k/ [k]~[ɡ] [kᵊ]~[kʰ] [kʰ]
/mb/ [mb] [mb]~[mp] [mpᵊ]~[mpʰ] [mpʰ]
/ndz/ [n̪d̪z]~[n̪t̪s]*** [n̪d̪z]~[n̪t̪s]~[n̪s]
/nd/ [nd]~[nt] [ntᵊ]~[ntʰ] [ntʰ]~[nt𐞩̥]
/ŋɡ/ [ŋk]~[ŋɡ] [ŋkᵊ]~[ŋkʰ] [ŋkʰ]
/ɬ/ NA [ɮ̪]* [ɬ̪]
/ɺ/ NA [ɺ]** NA
/𝼄/ NA [ʟ̝] [𝼄]~[𝼄ᵊ] [𝼄]
* /ɬ/ o doro anya [l̪] n'ihu consonant
** /ɺ/ ọ bụ [l] tupu /r/; n'ọnọdụ okwu-ikpeazụ usoro a ga-aghọ [lt𐞩̥] ~ [ltʰ] .
*** /ndz/ nwere ike ịnwe mwepụta vocoid [n̪d̪zᶦ] na njedebe nke syllable n'ihu consonant.

Akaụntụ nke allophones mbụ nke /r/ na-agbagwoju anya, na ụfọdụ n'ime ọnọdụ ndị ọzọ na-apụtachaghị ìhè.

Ntụaka

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Ọgụgụ ọzọ

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  • Stucky (1994). "Organised Phonology Data". 
  • Stucky, Alfred and Dellene Stucky 1973. "Nii phonology", in Alan Healey (ed.), Studies in languages of the Ok family, "Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages" 2, pp. 37-78. [1], [2]