Mesqan (also Mäsqan or Meskan) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Gurage people in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia. It belongs to the family's Ethiopian Semitic branch.
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainlab.plainlab.NasalmmʷnɲStop/Affricate(p)tt͡ʃckkʷbbʷdd͡ʒɟgɡʷ(pʼ)tʼt͡ʃʼcʼkʼkʼʷFricativeffʷsʃçxxʷh(v)zʒ(sʼ)RhoticrLaterallApproximantjw
Sounds /p, pʼ, v, sʼ/ occur in loanwords, mainly from Amharic. /xʷ/ may also have an allophone of [hʷ]. /b/ may have an allophone of [β] in postvocalic and intervocalic positions. /n/ may assimilate to [ŋ] when following a velar consonant. /k, ɡ/ can also be heard as palatalized [kʲ, ɡʲ] when before front vowels.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseiɨuMideəoOpena
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