Ivatan (Southern)
WALS coordinates: 20° 20′ N, 121° 50′ E
spoken in Philippines
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: | |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
|---|---|---|
| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Average | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Small (2-4) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | Moderately high | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | In plosives alone | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | None missing in /p t k b d g/ | |
| Uvular Consonants | None | |
| Glottalized Consonants | No glottalized consonants | |
| Lateral Consonants | /l/, no obstruent laterals | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | |
| Syllable Structure | Moderately complex | |
| Tone | No tones | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | None | |
