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Phonetics Laboratory
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics

Secondary and Double Articulation Practise

Note that double articulation is marked by linking two letters with a +.

Irish

  Nominative singular   Genitive singular    
  poul   plj   "hole"
  IPA gjaul   IPA gjilj   "pledge"
  fo:d   fo:dj   "sod"
  të:v   ti:vj   "side"
ljen ljenj   "education"
           
Lexical contrasts:  
[bi] buí "yellow" [bji] "be" (imp.)    
[fi] faoi "under" [fji] "weaving"    
[mi] maoigh "boast" (imp.) [mji] "month"    
[le] lae "day" (gen.) [ljej] léigh "read" (imp.) [lej] leí "with her"

Urhobo

k+pa canoe-pole
óIPA g+ba fence
ox+wó person
uIPA gamma+weri native salt
aIPA ng+má cloth

 

Margi

b+da to sling

Shona

IPA S+fá to encourage
IPA S+fína dirt
maIPA S+feIPA S+fé small black ants
IPA S+futá to take snuff