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Tausug (Jolo)

Phylum: Austronesian

Genus: Philippine

Lat/lon: 6.0, 121.0

ISO code: tsg

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bdk, gʔ
tapɾ
fricatives, zh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
open

Source: Soderberg, Craig; Seymour, A. Ashley; Kenneth S. Olson. 2012. Tausug (Suluk). Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 42, 361-­364.

Comments: /tʃ/ is non-existent in some idiolects. /ɾ/ and /z/ occur exclusively in borrowings.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)