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Table F.1, continued.
2. Alveolar Consonants
(3) Contrasts between alveolar consonants in word-initial position
a. Alveolar consonants before E:
J J J = = = = ‘tongue’
@ @E @E ‘be tangled’
@ @ @ @ @ M=( M=( M=( M=( ‘rubber’
I
E E E E ~ E E E E ‘defecate’
H HE HE ‘jump’
E E E E ‘enter’
b. Alveolar consonants before A:
J JA JA JA ‘fall, drop’
@ @A @A ‘chop’
@ @A(LA( @A(LA( @A(LA( @A(LA( ‘mane’
I IAFA IAFA ~ IFA IFA IFA IFA ‘stay’
AA AA AA AA ~ A A A A ‘not’
H
A A A A ‘bear fruit’
c. Alveolar consonants before :
J J J J J ‘pick up’
@ @ @ @ @ ‘count’
@ @ @ @ @ ‘spoil’
I
‘eat’
F F F F ‘puff adder’
H
‘cut, share’
d. Alveolar consonants before :
J J( J( J( J( ‘REFL’
@ @ @ @ @ ‘be (equative)’
@ @( @( @( @( ‘at the home of’
I I I I I ‘be (existential)’
‘2SG’
‘DET’
H H H H H =( =( =( =( ‘crush’
‘be (existential plural)’
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