Sounds Sonsorolese language

1 sounds

1.1 consonants
1.2 vowels
1.3 furtive vowels

sounds
consonants

in sonsorolese, there 19 consonants. these consonants are: /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /c/, /k/, /g/, /m/, /n/, /f/, /v/, /j/, /x/, /ɣ/, /r/, /w/, /s/, /ŋ/, , /ʟʲ/.

consonants plosive , labial p , b. t , d dental-alveolar , plosive. consonant c palatal , plosive. k , g velar , plosive consonants. consonant nasal , dental-alveolar n. f , v fricative , labio-dental. consonant fricative , dental-alveolar s. j fricative , palatal consonant. consonants x , ɣ fricative , velar. r rolled , dental-alveolar consonant. lastly, w continuant , labial consonant (capell, 1969).

vowels

sonsorolese has 5 vowels are; /o/, /e/, /a/, /u/, , /i/. vowels in front frontness /i/, /e/, , /a/. frontness vowels /u/ , /o/. height of vowels, /i/ , /u/ high, /e/ , /o/ mid, , /a/ low. there many exceptions vowel usage depending on vowel placed , consonants used before , after vowel. vowel /i/ drawn in frontness, produces different sound. /e/ considered chiefly vowel , rare. time see vowel used when in body of word. vowel /a/ developed velar fricative involves either /x/ or /y/ in front of vowel. /o/ used in diphthongs , variety of french influenced words. , lastly vowel /u/ lip-round word being pronounced.

the language allow diphthongs. of them /ae/, /ai/, /ao/, , /au/. of diphthongs considered difficult pronounce , elongate vowel sound. example of diphthong /ae/ mae, means breadfruit in english (capell, 1969).

furtive vowels

furtive vowels unique , in few languages. sonsorolese 1 of few languages have furtive vowels. vowels become furtive when 1 not hear vowel being pronounced. vowel “whispered” or silent when pronouncing words (capell, 1969). capell stated there 3 ways furtive vowels occur, are; “as finals, after consonant, after full, long vowel, , before consonant, when acoustically similar falling diphthongs, after non-final consonants furtive /i/ or /u/ produces palatalization or velarisation (respectively) of consonants.”