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<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2> <p>Source:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h3>Consonants</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></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/Retroflex_consonant/lsBdJD4V">Retroflex</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Palatal_consonant/KLcKyXE8">Palatal</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Labial-velar_consonant/YNfbXN0U">Labial-velar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Glottal_consonant/rMdEdLxH">Glottal</a></th></tr><tr><th><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></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_nasal/dLa9YG49">ɲ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_nasal/r6v5q92L">ŋ</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Stop_consonant/okC9pztc">Stop</a></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/Voiced_retroflex_plosive/SQT2LTNM">ɖ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_postalveolar_affricate/14FYMJvN">tʃ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_plosive/dDppVb6e">k</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_labial%E2%80%93velar_plosive/b3elvwfD">k͡p</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Fricative_consonant/1FQuuhfX">Fricative</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_bilabial_fricative/mccNzbmL">ɸ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative/WLKtEYDe">s</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_glottal_fricative/lfRB7CPW">h</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Approximant_consonant/SXrlw7zY">Approximant</a></th><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant/dgbHhqeK">l</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_palatal_approximant/v0NVCbUh">j</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Voiced_labial%E2%80%93velar_approximant/HLDqbrvr">w</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Vowels</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">Front</a></th><th colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Central_vowel/IFSaKUe9">Central</a></th><th colspan="3"><a href="/facts/Back_vowel/gyHoGCH0">Back</a></th></tr><tr><th>short</th><th>long</th><th>nasal</th><th>short</th><th>long</th><th>nasal</th><th>short</th><th>long</th><th>nasal</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Close_vowel/Ne6tHQHR">Close</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">i</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_unrounded_vowel/rSUdlCPU">iː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ĩ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_central_unrounded_vowel/YdtMNGWw">ɨ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_central_unrounded_vowel/YdtMNGWw">ɨː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ɨ̃</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_back_rounded_vowel/gqlQLfse">u</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close_back_rounded_vowel/gqlQLfse">uː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ũ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Near-close_vowel/uPhB2scU">Near-close</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel/1eQAfkDy">ɪ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Near-close_near-front_unrounded_vowel/1eQAfkDy">ɪː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ɪ̃</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Near-close_near-back_rounded_vowel/4taYcT5v">ʊ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Near-close_near-back_rounded_vowel/4taYcT5v">ʊː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ʊ̃</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Close-mid_vowel/rK07wQEd">Close-mid</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/e9YNLF97">e</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/e9YNLF97">eː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ẽ</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Mid_central_vowel/CCx0wYy3">ə</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Mid_central_vowel/CCx0wYy3">əː</a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ə̃</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel/VwS9cKWJ">o</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowel/VwS9cKWJ">oː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">õ</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Low-mid/qkco8QqT">Open-mid</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/aDRvwE46">ɛ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel/aDRvwE46">ɛː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ɛ̃</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel/yMNUClGt">ɔ</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel/yMNUClGt">ɔː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ɔ̃</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Low_vowel/roS0Y7lA">Open</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">a</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Open_front_unrounded_vowel/s80pvmYh">aː</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">ã</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Tones</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Toneme</th></tr><tr><th>Falling</th><td>˦˨</td></tr><tr><th>Level</th><td>˨</td></tr><tr><th>Rising</th><td>˨˦</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="alphabet">Alphabet</h2> Lama alphabet<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Uppercase</th><td>A</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>Ɖ</td><td>E</td><td>Ǝ</td><td>Ɛ</td><td>F</td><td>H</td><td>I</td><td>Ɨ</td><td>Ɩ</td><td>K</td><td>KP</td><td>L</td></tr><tr><th>Lowercase</th><td>a</td><td>c</td><td>d</td><td>ɖ</td><td>e</td><td>ǝ</td><td>ɛ</td><td>f</td><td>h</td><td>i</td><td>ɨ</td><td>ɩ</td><td>k</td><td>kp</td><td>l</td></tr><tr><th>Uppercase</th><td>M</td><td>N</td><td>Ŋ</td><td>Ñ</td><td>O</td><td>Ɔ</td><td>P</td><td>R</td><td>S</td><td>T</td><td>U</td><td>Ʋ</td><td>W</td><td>Y</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Lowercase</th><td>m</td><td>n</td><td>ŋ</td><td>ñ</td><td>o</td><td>ɔ</td><td>p</td><td>r</td><td>s</td><td>t</td><td>u</td><td>ʋ</td><td>w</td><td>y</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>SIL International (2014). <a href="http://lama.webonary.org/">"Classement alphabétique pour la langue lama"</a>. <i>Dictionnaire lama</i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2022-06-10. <a href="https://phoible.org/inventories/view/760" target="_blank">https://phoible.org/inventories/view/760</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>alphabet, SIL 2014. - SIL International (2014). "Classement alphabétique pour la langue lama". Dictionnaire lama. <a href="http://lama.webonary.org/" target="_blank">http://lama.webonary.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>