Mekeo (meke1243-1)

Dialect: Northwest

Blevins, Juliette. Another Universal Bites the Dust: Northwest Mekeo Lacks Coronal Phonemes. 2009.

Consonants (13)

p {t} k g
{ts}
β {f}
m {n} ŋ
j w
{l}

Vowels (5)

i u
e o
a

Notes

Early loans from English replace coronals with velars: /ki/ 'tea', /kopu/ 'soap', /kauli/ 'towel'.

Other Mekeo dialects' /l/ corresponds to NW /e/: NW /uaea/ ~ W, N /uala/, NW /maea/ ~ W, N /mala/.

Allophonic rules