Apical dental |
Laminal alveolar |
|---|---|
t̺or
|
t̻sor
|
Temne is a Niger-Kordofanian language (West Atlantic group) spoken in central Sierra Leone
(map).
There are approximately 1 million speakers.
Temne contrasts stops in the dental/alveolar region. While dental stops are typically laminal in the world's languages, in Temne they are apical, with the alveolar stop being laminal. The laminal alveolar is affricated.
(Click here for sonagrams of both words.)