A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

3.1 Consonants
Table 3.8: Oral sonorant phonemes and their realizations
/r/ : [r] [rr̥] [ɾ]
/rː/ : [rː] [rr̥ː]
/l/ : [l] [ll̥]
/lː/ : [lː] [ll̥ː]
/j/ : [j] [jj̥]
/jː/ : [jː] [jj̥ː]
3.1.1.7.1 Singleton trill consonant The segment /r/ is a singleton alveolar trill.
It can occur in syllable onset and coda positions. In rapid speech, it is often realized
as an alveolar tap [ɾ], particularly intervocalically. Some examples are found
in (105) through (108). It becomes devoiced [rr̥] towards the end of its realization
when preceding a preaspirated phoneme. Word-finally, it is also optionally completely
devoiced as [r̥].
(105) /raːʃːo/ rássjo
[raːʃːo]
‘rain\nom.sg’
(106) /kɔrɔ/ gårå
[kɔrɔ]
‘bad’
(107) /ɛrʰpo-jn/ ärpojn
[ɛrr̥pojn]
‘wire-com.sg’
(108) /felpar/ fielbar
[felpar]
‘snowdrift\nom.sg’
[1385]
[0768]
[6794]
[0473]
3.1.1.7.2 Geminate trill consonant The segment /rː/ is a geminate alveolar trill.
It only occurs in the consonant center. It becomes devoiced [rr̥ː] towards the
end of its realization when preceding a preaspirated phoneme. Examples can be
found in (109) and (110).
(109) /kɔrːoti-t/ gårrodit
[kɔrːotɪtʰ] ‘ice.over-inf’
(110) /paːrːʰko/ bárrko
[paːrr̥ːko]
‘bark\nom.sg’
[4693]
[0147]
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