éɸé | éfá |
|
ɛ̀βɛ̀ |
èvè |
See Ladefoged & Maddieson (2008, pp. 139-142) for detailed discussion of articulation and acoustics.
Notes on the sonagrams: High frequency energy is weaker in the bilabials.
Ladefoged & Maddieson (2008) report more lowering of F2 for the bilabials, but this is hardly visible here.
ag͜ble ag͜bodzedze ag͜bale ag͜bag͜badzedze |
afɔk͜pa k͜posɔ nuk͜pɔk͜plɔ ak͜ple |
apa ak͜pa aka k͜plu akutu ablotsi ag͜badɔ agutɔ ba ag͜bo bubu k͜plɔ klo |
d̪ìd̪ì ("long") |
ɖìɖì ("burial") |
low | high |
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fe ("dept") |
fe ("split v.") |
fa ("cry v.") |
fa ("comfort v.") |
bu ("respect v.") |
bu ("lose v.") |
do ("go out") |
do ("put on dress") |
dɔ ("hunger") |
dɔ ("pass the night") |
low+low | high+high |
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akpa ("envelope") |
akpa ("too much") |
low+low | low+high |
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afi ("mouse") |
afi ("ash") |