SNgenguai

sNgenguai is the umbrella term for the various Cicigean dialects spoken in Cicex.

Phonology

sNgenguai consonant inventory

		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	Tenuis	p	t	c	k	ʔ
	Ejective	pʼ	tʼ	cʼ	kʼ
	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	Voiceless	(f)	s			h
	Voiced	(v)	z			ɦ
Trill			r
Approximant		w	l	j

sNgenguai vowel inventory

	No Medial			i-medial			u-medial
	Front	Central	Back	Front	Central	Back	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ		u ũ			i̯u i̯ũ	u̯i u̯ĩ
Mid	e ẽ	ə ə̃	o õ	i̯e i̯ẽ	i̯ə i̯ə̃	i̯o i̯õ	u̯e u̯ẽ	u̯ə u̯ə̃	u̯o u̯õ
Open	a ã			i̯a i̯ã			u̯a u̯ã

sNgenguai tones

Tone	IPA	Orthography
high	á	a
low	à	à
creaky voice	a̰	ax