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Shi language

Shi
Kishi/Mashi
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
RegionSud-Kivu Province
EthnicityBashi
Native speakers
[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3shr
Glottologshii1238
JD.53[2]

Shi, or Mashi, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Post-alv./
Palatal
Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t t͡ʃ k
voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z
Rhotic voiceless
voiced r
Lateral l
Approximant w j
  • Sounds /t, d, n/ are commonly heard as dental [t̪, d̪, n̪].
  • /d͡ʒ/ may also be heard as a fricative [ʒ].[3]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ^ Shi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Bashi Murhi-Orhakube, Constantin (2012). Grammaire du mashi: phonologie, morphologie, mots grammaticaux et lexicaux. Paris: L'Harmattan.


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