8/14/2019 Zokam Consonants

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/zokam-consonants 1/1

Zokam Consonant Phonemes Taang Zomi

Zokam Consonant Phonemes

P.A.

M.A.

Bilabial Labio-dental Alveolar Post-

alveolar

Velar Glottal

Z I Z I Z I Z I Z I Z I

Plosive or

Stop:

vl. unas. p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ – /?/  

vl. asp. ph ʰ /p / th ʰ /t /  

vd. unas. b /b/ d /d/ g ɡ / / 

Affricate:

vl. c ʦ / / ch ʧ  / / 

Fricative:

vl. f /f/ s /s/ kh /x/ h /h/  

vd. v /v/ z /z/  

Nasal:

vd. m /m/ n /n/ ng  / ŋ /

Lateral

vd. l /l/  

Legend

Abbreviation:

Z = Zokam orthography

I = IPA (International Phonetic

Alphabet), or something

very close thereto

P.A. = Place of Articulation

M.A. = Manner of Articulation

vl. = voiceless

vd. = voiced

asp. = aspirated

unas. = unaspirated

Alternative term:

Lateral = Lateral Approximant

Absent from this chart:

w /w/ , in Tedim Zomi

phonemics, is considered to

be a component of a

monophthong / ɔ / (aw) rather

than a separate consonant.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Page 1 of 1