Lorhon language
Gur language of Ivory Coast
| Lorhon | |
|---|---|
| Téén | |
| Region | Ivory Coast, Burkina |
| Ethnicity | Ténbó |
Native speakers | (8,000 cited 1991–1999)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lor |
| Glottolog | teen1242 |
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| Person | Ténsé |
|---|---|
| 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
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | ||
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Near-open | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ |
| Open | a | ||
Notes
- ^ Lorhon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Chanard & Hartell 2019.
References
- 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.
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