Gungu is a Bantu language spoken by the Gungu (or Bagungu) people in western Uganda.
Phonology Consonants
Casali and Diprose tentatively argue that the labialized (Cʷ) and palatalized (Cʲ) sequences may be sequences of CuV and CiV, respectively.
+Gungu consonants Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal plain lab. pal. plain lab. pal. plain lab. pal. plain lab. pal. plain lab. pal. Nasal -nas +nas Stop/Affricate -voice -nas +nas +voice -nas +nas Fricative -voice -nas +nas +voice -nas +nas Tap Approximant
Vowels Gungu has 14 vowel phonemes. The mid vowels are variants of the open-mid vowels. Vowels before prenasalized consonants and after labialized and palatalized consonants are always long but are written short. The close and mid vowels are considered "hard", and the others are considered "soft." Gungu has a form of vowel harmony, in which the mid vowels generally only appear in words with the "hard" close vowels.
Monophthongs
+ Gungu vowels Front Central Back Short Long Short Long Short LongClose Near-close Mid ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )Open-mid Open
Diphthongs
Gungu has eight diphthongs.
+ Gungu diphthongs Front Hard Front Soft Back Hard Back Soft Mid Open
Tone Tone is only marked on Gungu verbs indicating the recent past. This tense is marked with a plus symbol (+).
Orthography + Gungu alphabet Capital Lowercase IPA A a Aa aa B b B̯ b̯ Bb bb C c D d E e , Ee ee , F f G g H h I i II ii I̱ i̱ I̱I̱ i̱i̱ J j K k L l M m N n Ngh ngh Ny ny O o , Oo oo , P p R r S s T t U u Uu uu U̱ u̱ U̱U̱ u̱u̱ V v W w Y y Z z
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