Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Series | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Volume | Materials and Methods of Analysis for the Study of the Ainu Language
Chapter | 2 • Phonemic Inventory: The Sounds of the Language

2 • Phonemic Inventory: The Sounds of the Language

Abstract

Both Hokkaidō Ainu and Sakhalin Ainu (that will be abbreviated as HA and SA respectively from now on) have five vowels, represented in the latin script by a, e, i, o, u, and twelve consonants, represented in the latin script by p, t, k, c, s, r, m, n, w, y, h, ‘.The apostrophe is used to signal the glottal stop /ʔ/, a plosive glottal voiceless consonant that consists in an obstruction of the airflow in the glottis and produces a sort of pause like when in English we exclaim uh-oh.


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Published Sept. 4, 2024 | Language: en


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