Lorhon language
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Lorhon | |
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Téén | |
Region | Ivory Coast, Burkina |
Ethnicity | Ténbó |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1991–1999)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lor |
Glottolog | teen1242 |
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Person | Ténsé |
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People | Ténbó |
Language | Téén |
Lorhon, or Teen, is a Gur language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Burkina Faso.
As with Doghose, there are spelling variants to accommodate the sound [ɣ]: Loghon, Lorhon, Loron. Other names are Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé, and Tuni.[citation needed]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar |
Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | k͡p | |
phar. | pˤ | ||||||
voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | g͡b | ||
Trill | r | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ͡m | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | h | ||
voiced | v | z | |||||
Approximant | plain | l | j | w | |||
phar. | lˤ | jˤ | wˤ |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Back | ||
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unrounded | rounded | ||
Close | i | u | |
Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
Mid | e | o | |
Near-open | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ |
Open | a |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Lorhon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Chanard & Hartell 2019.
References
[edit]- Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Téén sound inventory". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 1 September 2024.