Choni_language

Choni language

Choni language

Tibetic language spoken in China

Not to be confused with Hbrugchu language.

Choni (Jonê) and Thewo are dialects of a Tibetic language spoken in western China in the vicinity of Jonê County.

Quick Facts Pronunciation, Native to ...

Choni has four contrastive aspirated fricatives: /sʰ/ /ɕʰ/, /ʂʰ/, /xʰ/.[2]

Phonology

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...
  • /r/ is phonetically a fricativized alveolar trill [r̝], and may be heard as [ʐ] as an allophone.
  • A syllable-initial /k/ can be heard as a uvular fricative [χ] before voiceless consonants and as a voiced [ʁ] before voiced consonants. A syllable-final /k/ can be heard as a uvular stop [q] after /æ/ or /ɔ/ vowel sounds.
  • [ʁ] can also be heard as an allophone of /ɣ/ between /æ/ or /ɔ/ and another vowel.[3]
More information Front, Central ...
More information Front, Central ...
  • [ũː] rarely exists as a phoneme, and is only attested in a few words with a palatal or alveolo-palatal initial.

References

  1. [1]
    Choni at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jacques, Guillaume (2011). "A panchronic study of aspirated fricatives, with new evidence from Pumi" (PDF). Lingua. 121 (9): 1518–1538. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2011.04.003. S2CID 56166344.
  3. [3]
    Jacques, Guillaume (April 2012). "A phonological profile of Cone" (PDF). HAL. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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