Tigak language

<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2>
<p>Phoneme inventory of the Tigak language:
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Consonant sounds<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th><a href="/facts/Labial_consonant/bv4MqTMf">Labial</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alveolar_consonant/B6VkW2EX">Alveolar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nasal_consonant/m6D3cVhe">Nasal</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_nasal/1pd7NK2x">m</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_nasal/0CEs8314">n</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_nasal/r6v5q92L">ŋ</a></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Plosive/okC9pztc">Plosive</a></th><th>voiceless</th><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive/w4M9Igp6">p</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive/1GaDe2Vy">t</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_plosive/dDppVb6e">k</a></td></tr><tr><th>voiced</th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_plosive/6ReC9arR">b</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_plosive/f6udTvfQ">g</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Rhotic_consonant/tcAGzjfP">Rhotic</a></th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_trill/rDplJobc">r</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Fricative/1FQuuhfX">Fricative</a></th><th>voiceless</th><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_bilabial_fricative/2ljHM92m">β</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative/WLKtEYDe">s</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>lateral</th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_fricative/69Vsl5Dx">ɮ</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>/r/ can also be realized as [<a href="/facts/Voiced_dental_and_alveolar_taps_and_flaps/EvQ781EU">ɾ</a>] allophonically. Both /k, ɡ/ are back-released as [k̠, ɡ̠].
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Vowel sounds<table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">Front</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Central_vowel/IFSaKUe9">Central</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Back_vowel/gyHoGCH0">Back</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_vowel/Ne6tHQHR">High</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">i</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_back_rounded_vowel/gqlQLfse">u</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Mid_vowel/uzjGLRhf">Mid</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/e9YNLF97">e</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel/yMNUClGt">ɔ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Low_vowel/roS0Y7lA">Low</a></th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">a</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><tbody><tr><th>Phoneme</th><th>Allophones</th></tr><tr><td>/i/</td><td>[<a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">i</a>], [<a href="/facts/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel/1eQAfkDy">ɪ</a>], [<a href="/facts/Close_front_rounded_vowel/fAyNrUxL">y</a>]</td></tr><tr><td>/e/</td><td>[<a href="/facts/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/e9YNLF97">e</a>], [<a href="/facts/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/aDRvwE46">ɛ</a>]</td></tr><tr><td>/a/</td><td>[<a href="/facts/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel/n58uKNA8">ʌ</a>], [<a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">a</a>]</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>Two vowels /i u/ in word-initial form can also be released as consonantal allophones [w j].<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Paradisec/agLYjd6n">Paradisec</a> includes <a href="http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=tgc">a number of collections with Tigak language materials</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). "Tigak". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (fifteenth ed.). Dallas: SIL. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapter= (help) <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgc" target="_blank">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tgc</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Beaumont, Clive H. (1974). The Tigak Language of New Ireland. Australian National University.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" target="_blank">/wiki/Template:Cite_book</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Tigak language