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!{{small|[[Wikipedia:Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}} | !{{small|[[Wikipedia:Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}} | ||
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*[{{IPA link|p͡f}}] is commonly replaced with either [{{IPA link|p}}] or [{{IPA link|f}}] | |||
*[{{IPA link|x}}] pronounced after back-vowels (and allophonic with [{{IPA link|ç}}]) is commonly replaced with [{{IPA link|h}}] | |||
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| {{IPA link|iː}} | | {{IPA link|iː}} | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | ||
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! [[Wikipedia:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]] | ! [[Wikipedia:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]] | ||
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*[{{IPA link|y}}] and [{{IPA link|yː}}] are replaced with [{{IPA link|ʊ}}] and [{{IPA link|uː}}] respectively. | |||
*[{{IPA link|ɛː}}] is replaced with [{{IPA link|eː}}]. | |||
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| Voltan | |
|---|---|
| Voltaern | |
| Native to | Volta |
Native speakers | 30,000,000 |
| Voltan alphabet | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Volta |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
The Voltan language, also known as Voltan Creole, is a _____-based creole language spoken in Volta. It is the most commonly spoken language in Volta, and is also one of the two official languages in the country. The language started developing during the 17th century, after the ____ initially colonized the region.
History
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar/ Uvular |
Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | fortis | p | t | k | (ʔ) | ||
| lenis | b | d | ɡ | ||||
| Affricate | fortis | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||
| lenis | d͡ʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | sibilant | fortis | s | ʃ | |||
| lenis | z | ʒ | |||||
| non-sibilant | fortis | f | ç | h | |||
| lenis | v | j | |||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
- [p͡f] is commonly replaced with either [p] or [f]
- [x] pronounced after back-vowels (and allophonic with [ç]) is commonly replaced with [h]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |||||
| short | long | short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | ɪ | iː | ʊ | uː | ||||
| Close-mid | eː | øː | oː | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
| Open | a | aː | ||||||