Phonology
Consonants
* Although is phonetically a labial-velar consonant, Lauber includes it in the dorsal/laryngeal column because its distribution is more like or than the labials or labial-velars. * Lauber excludes , , and //N// from the continuant section because their distributions are different. * is nasalized "in a nasal context" and a voiceless alveolar lateral at the end of an utterance. * is a nasal tap "in a nasal context" and a voiceless tap at the end of an utterance. * The archiphoneme //N// has the following allophones: ** before , , and ** before and ** before , , , and ** before , , and front vowels ** before , , , , and the central and back vowels ** before and * also becomes . * Hürlimann and Pike (1985) note that the palatals are affricates, using the symbols and .Vowels
* Lauber treats nasalization as a feature of the syllable, not the vowel. * In closed syllables, become near-close . * In the last syllable of the nuclear element of the phonological word before , are lengthened .Notes
References
* * Gur languages Languages of Burkina Faso Languages of Ivory Coast {{gur-lang-stub