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Ligurian (Miogliola)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Romance

Lat/lon: 44.5147074, 8.4509844

ISO code: lij

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, g
trillr
tapɾ
fricativef, vs, zɕ, ʑ
affricatet̪s̪, d̪z̪tɕ, dʑ
nasalmnɲŋ
lateral approximantlʎ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closei, y, i̯u, u̯
close-mide, øo
near-openæ

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɛː, œːɔː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/æi̯/

Source: Ghini, Mirco. 2001. Asymmetries in the phonology of Miogliola. Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]. Berlin–New York: Mouton de Gruyter

Comments: /ɑː/ behaves like a short vowel and surfaces short in a number of instances. Before so-called lengthening consonants it is realized as [ɔː]. /æi̯/ is the long counterpart of /æ/ and is realized as [æː] before /r/. /ɛː, œː, aː/ contrast with /e, ø, ɑː/ only before /n/ due to a recent loss of /ŋ/ before /n/; they are shortened before /ŋC/ and shortened and raised before /ŋ#/.

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