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Use base consonants only
Labial
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Bilabial
Labio-dental
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Plosive
 p ⁿb         t ⁿd             k kʲ kʷ ⁿɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Affricates
             ts   tʃ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
   β         s   ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
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Close
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Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Amuzgo
UPSID number: 6770
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: N. American, Oto-Manguean
The languages has 37 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿb] [p] [ⁿd] [t] [ⁿd̠] [t̠] [kʷ] [kʲ] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ʔ] [s] [ʃ] [β] [ts] [tʃ] [ɾ] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [ẽ̞] [õ] [æ̃] [ä̃] [ɒ̃] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [æ] [ä] [ɒ] [h]
Comments: Amuzgo contrasts ballistic and controlled syllables. Ballistic syllables have sharply falling pitch and amplitude contours. It also has three level tones and high-low, mid-high and low-mid contour tones. The prenasalized stops are described as occluded (post-stopped) nasals with a "lenis" homorganic stop. They contrast with nasal + stop sequences. A possible analysis (not among those suggested by Bauernschmidt) is to treat these as allophones of the plain nasals before oral vowels since the oral/nasalized vowel contrast is neutralized after a nasal. This would mean that a velar nasal would only occur before an oral vowel, so it is not accepted here. Bilabials and t,n are described as velarized.
Sources: Bauernschmidt, A. 1965. Amuzgo syllable dynamics. Language 41: 471-483. Longacre, R.E. 1966. On linguistic affinities of Amuzgo. International Journal of American Linguistics 32: 46-49.