Lorhon language
{{Short description|Gur language of Ivory Coast}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{One source|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Lorhon
|nativename={{lang|lor|Téén}}
|region=Ivory Coast, Burkina
|ethnicity=Ténbó
|speakers=8,000
|date=1991–1999
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Gur?
|fam4=Kulango–Lorhon
|iso3=lor
|notice=IPA
|glotto=teen1242
|glottorefname=Téén
|map=Kulango languages map.svg
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|Ténsé|Ténbó|Téén}}
Lorhon, or {{lang|lor|Teen}}, is a Gur language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Burkina Faso.
{{cn span|As with Doghose, there are spelling variants to accommodate the sound {{IPAblink|ɣ}}: Loghon, Lorhon, Loron. Other names are Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé, and Tuni.|date=September 2024}}
Phonology
=Consonants=
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+Consonants{{sfn|Chanard|Hartell|2019}} ! colspan=2| !! Labial !! Alveolar !! Palatal !! Velar !! Labial- | |
| rowspan=3|Plosive | voiceless
| {{IPAlink|p}} || {{IPAlink|t}} || {{IPAlink|c}} || {{IPAlink|k}} || {{IPAlink|k͡p}} || |
|---|---|
| phar.
| {{IPAlink|pˤ}} || || || || || | |
| voiced
| {{IPAlink|b}} || {{IPAlink|d}} || {{IPAlink|ɟ}} || {{IPAlink|g}} || {{IPAlink|g͡b}} || | |
| colspan=2|Trill
| || {{IPAlink|r}} || || || || | |
| colspan=2|Nasal
| {{IPAlink|m}} || {{IPAlink|n}} || {{IPAlink|ɲ}} || || {{IPAlink|ŋ͡m}} || | |
| rowspan=2|Fricative | voiceless
| {{IPAlink|f}} || {{IPAlink|s}} || || {{IPAlink|x}} || || {{IPAlink|h}} |
| voiced
| {{IPAlink|v}} || {{IPAlink|z}} || || || || | |
| rowspan=2|Approximant | plain
| || {{IPAlink|l}} || {{IPAlink|j}} || || {{IPAlink|w}} || |
| phar.
| || {{IPAlink|lˤ}} || {{IPAlink|jˤ}} || || {{IPAlink|wˤ}} || |
=Vowels=
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+Vowels{{sfn|Chanard|Hartell|2019}} | |
| unrounded | rounded |
|---|---|
| Close
|{{IPAlink|i}} || || {{IPAlink|u}} | |
| Near-close
| {{IPAlink|ɪ}} || || {{IPAlink|ʊ}} | |
| Mid
| {{IPAlink|e}} || || {{IPAlink|o}} | |
| Near-open
| {{IPAlink|ɛ}} || {{IPAlink|ʌ}} || {{IPAlink|ɔ}} | |
| Open
| {{IPAlink|a}} || || |
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{Cite web |last=Chanard |first=Christian |last2=Hartell |first2=Rhonda L. |year=2019 |editor-last=Moran |editor-first=Steven |title=Téén sound inventory |url=http://phoible.org/inventories/view/827 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=PHOIBLE |publisher=Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |editor-last2=McCloy |editor-first2=Daniel |version=2.0 |location=Jena}}
{{Gur languages}}
Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
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