Examples for feature 10A: Vowel Nasalization

Language
Epena Pedee
Features
References

/wã/ ‘go’ + /-ɾú/ ‘present’ = [w̃ãňṹ] ‘go. pres

/sĩ́əso/ [s̃ĩ́ə̃s̃õ] ‘sugar cane’ 


Language
Warao
Features
References

 

/inawaha/ -> [inãwãhã] 

‘summer’ 

 

 

(left to right) 

 

 

 


Language
Chamorro
Features
References

 

high: [dzæːmũ] 

‘you like’ 

low: [mat.tʊ] 

‘arrived’ 


Language
Apurinã
Features
References

ɨ 

 

iː 

ɨː 

 

ĩ 

ɨ̃ 

 

ĩː 

ɨ̃ː 

 

eː 

oː 

 

ẽ 

õ 

 

ẽː 

õː 

 

 

 

aː 

 

 

ã 

 

 

ãː 


Language
Yoruba
Features
References

 

 

ĩ 

 

ũ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ɛ 

 

ɔ 

 

ɛ̃ 

 

ɔ̃ 

 

 

 

 

 

ã 

 

 


Language
Thai
Features
References

 

high: [mɯː] 

‘hand’ 

low: [mãː] 

‘come’ 


Language
Seneca
Features
References

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ɛ̃ 

ɔ̃ 

æ 

ɑ 

 

 

 


Language
Barasano
Features
References

 

/to-hʉ/ 

‘towards there’ 

 

/tĩbĩ-yã/ + /-hʉ/ -> [tĩbĩ-yã-hʉ̃] 

‘to Otter River’ 

 

 

(left to right) 

/gahe/ ‘other’ + /-ĩ/ ‘3. m ’ = [gãhĩ]

‘another male’

 

 

(right to left) 


Language
Guaraní
Features
References

/ndo-ɾoi-ndu-ˈpãi/ -> [nõɾ̃õĩnũˈpãĩ] 

‘I don’t beat you’ 

/aˌkãɾaˈɰʷe/ -> [ãˌkãɾ̃ãˈɰʷe] 

‘hair (of the head)’ 


Language
Lakhota
Features
References

 

 

ĩ 

 

ũ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ã 

 


Language
Wari'
Features
References

i,    y

 

 

 

ĩ , ỹ ĩ

 

 

e,   ø

o i

 

, ẽ ĩ

 

, õ ĩ

 

a i

 

 

ã , ã ĩ

 


Language
Tashlhiyt
Features
References

non-final:

[ˈmː u anːɛɣ]

‘our mother’

final: 

[n̝ˈtːsã ʔɑdisːˈçenː ˌwã] 

‘it is he who made it’ 


Language
Koyra Chiini
Features
References

 

 

iː 

 

uː 

 

ĩ 

 

ũ 

 

ĩː 

 

 

 

 

eː 

 

oː 

 

ẽ 

 

õ 

 

 

 

õː 

 

 

 

 

aː 

 

 

æ̃ 

ã 

 

 

 

ãː