Prinmi (sout2729-1)

Dialect: Niuwozi

Ding, Picus Sizhi. Prinmi: A sketch of Niuwozi. 2003. hh:s:Ding:Prinmi

Consonants (40)

pʰ pʵʰ p pʵ b	bʵ	gʵ	tʰ t d			kʰ kʵʰ k kʵ g
			tsʰ ts dz	tʂʰ tʂ dʐ	tʃʰ tʃ dʒ
			s z	ʂ ʐ	ʃ ʒ	ɣ
			ɬ
m̥ m			n̥ n
				ɻ̥ ɻ			h
			l

Vowels (15)

i ĩ y̯i ỹ	ɨ ʉ	u
e	ə	o õ
	ɜ
	ɐ ɐ̃	ɑ

Diphthongs (16)

i̯ɐ i̯ɛ̃ i̯ɜ i̯õ i̯u y̯ɐ y̯e y̯ɛ y̯ɜ̃		u̯ɐ u̯ɑ u̯ɑ̃ u̯ɜ u̯ɜi̯
	ɜi̯
	ɐu̯

Tones (4)

˥ ˥˩ ˩ ˩˥

Allophonic rules

kʰ > qʰ / _ɑ
k > q / _ɑ
g > ɢ / _ɑ
ʒ > ʝ / _i _j
n >~ ȵ / _i _j
h > ɸ / _u
e > e̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
o > o̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
õ > õ̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
i > i̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɨ > ɿ / -s_
ɨ > ɿᶾ / -ʃ_
ɨ > ʅ / -ʂ_
ɨ > ɨ̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ʉ > ʉ̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
u > u̞ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)