This article discusses the phonology of the Chukchi language. The Chukchi language, also known as Chukot or Luorawetlan, [1] is a language spoken by around 5 thousand people [2] in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The endonym of the Chukchi language is Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ (Lyg'"orawetl'en Jilyjil), [3] pronounced as [ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀɛn jiɬəjiɬ]. Chukchi is in the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family, and thus is closely related to Koryak, Kerek, Alyutor, and more distantly related to Itelmen, Southern Kamchadal, and Eastern Kamchadal.
Source: [4]
Generally, Chukchi is noted to have 5 or 6 distinct vowels, with /e1/ and /e2/ being identical in pronunciation but behaving differently in the language. A similar occurrence exists in Yup'ik Eskimo. Chukchi phonotactics are (C)V(C).
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e1 e2 | ə | o |
Open | a |
Phonetic notes:
Chukchi is notable for its vowel harmony based on vowel height, with /i/, /u/, and /e1/ belonging to the recessive group and /e₂/, /o/, and /a/ belonging to the dominant group. The three-vowel pairs alternate with each other and cannot cooccur within a word.
Chukchi has 13 consonants. The language lacks voiced stops, which are only found in loanwords.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Stop | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | q | ʔ | |
Fricative | β | s | ɣ | ||||
Lateral | ɬ | ||||||
Approximant | ɻ | j |
There is also a supersegmental glottalisation realised as a glottal stop preceding a vowel. It is not treated as a consonant as a result of phonotactics and reduplication patterns.
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This article discusses the phonology of the Chukchi language. The Chukchi language, also known as Chukot or Luorawetlan, [1] is a language spoken by around 5 thousand people [2] in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The endonym of the Chukchi language is Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн йиԓыйиԓ (Lyg'"orawetl'en Jilyjil), [3] pronounced as [ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀɛn jiɬəjiɬ]. Chukchi is in the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family, and thus is closely related to Koryak, Kerek, Alyutor, and more distantly related to Itelmen, Southern Kamchadal, and Eastern Kamchadal.
Source: [4]
Generally, Chukchi is noted to have 5 or 6 distinct vowels, with /e1/ and /e2/ being identical in pronunciation but behaving differently in the language. A similar occurrence exists in Yup'ik Eskimo. Chukchi phonotactics are (C)V(C).
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e1 e2 | ə | o |
Open | a |
Phonetic notes:
Chukchi is notable for its vowel harmony based on vowel height, with /i/, /u/, and /e1/ belonging to the recessive group and /e₂/, /o/, and /a/ belonging to the dominant group. The three-vowel pairs alternate with each other and cannot cooccur within a word.
Chukchi has 13 consonants. The language lacks voiced stops, which are only found in loanwords.
Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
Stop | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | q | ʔ | |
Fricative | β | s | ɣ | ||||
Lateral | ɬ | ||||||
Approximant | ɻ | j |
There is also a supersegmental glottalisation realised as a glottal stop preceding a vowel. It is not treated as a consonant as a result of phonotactics and reduplication patterns.
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