Cotabato Manobo language
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Cotabato Manobo is a Manobo language spoken in Mindanao, the Philippines.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | |||
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open-mid | a | ||
| Open |
- /i u/ are realized as [ɪ ʊ] in closed syllables.
- /ɛ/ is realized as [e] when it is preceded by /k/ and in an open syllable.
- /a/ is realized as [ɜ] when it is followed by /h/ or /ʔ/.
- /ɔ/ is realized as [ɒ] when it is followed by /h/, /ʔ/, or /g/, or when word-initial and followed by /k/. For some speakers it may also be realized as [ɒ] before or after /k/ when not word-initial.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Rounded velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Voiceless | ||||||
| Voiced | |||||||
| Fricative | |||||||
| Nasal | |||||||
| Lateral | |||||||
| Semivowel | |||||||
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