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Table F.3, continued.
(13) Consonants before L
a. Labial consonants before L:
= = = =
‘illness’
F @=F= @=F= @=F= @=F=
‘type of stick’
> >=@= >=@= >=@= >=@=
‘stone, rock’
> >M( >M( >M( >M(
‘cocoyam, taro’
B B=CK( B=CK( B=CK( B=CK(
‘gruel, pap’
L LKLK LKLK
‘sugar ant’
KK KK KK KK
‘head’
M M M ‘throw out’
M (M= (M= (M= (M=
‘baby sling’
b. Alveolar consonants before L:
( ( ( (
‘monkey’
J =(J= =(J=
‘grandparent, grandchild’
@ @=>=( @=>=( @=>=( @=>=(
‘tail’
@ @ @ @ @ M=( M=( M=( M=(
‘rubber’
I IKH= IKH=
‘broom’
CK= CK= CK= CK=
‘mouse’
K K K K ‘right’
H =HKCK =HKCK
‘no see-um, biting midge’
>K= >K= >K= >K=
‘blind person’
c. Palatal consonants before L:
J5 J5 J5 J5
‘island’
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
‘type of green’
@ @F= @F= @F= @F=
‘ten’
5 > > 5= 5= 5= 5=
‘two’
CA( CA( CA( CA( =LKHK =LKHK =LKHK =LKHK ‘drizzle’
( ( ( ( ‘rain’
A(= A(= A(= A(=
‘firstborn’
d. Velar/glottal consonants before L:
@AAH @AAH @AAH @AAH @K @K @K @K ‘gravel’
= = = = ‘basket’
C C=C= C=C= C=C= C=C=
‘calf’
C C=H=( C=H=( C=H=( C=H=(
‘tendon’
D D=H=( D=H=(
‘giant’
e. Labial-velar consonants before L:
F F F F F
‘nightjar’
C> C>=CKHK C>=CKHK
‘proverb’
C> C>C C>C C>C C>C
‘warthog’
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