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Vadi language
Kainji language spoken in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Vadi language, Tsuvadi, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people.
Kakihum (or Gadi, Gaɗi),[citation needed] is a dialect.
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Phonology
Consonants
- /f/ only rarely occurs.
- /ɾ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r] in free variation.
- /n/ as a homorganic nasal, can be heard as palatal [ɲ] when preceding a palatal or post-alveolar consonant, and as velar [ŋ] when preceding a velar or glottal consonant.
- /nʲ/ may also be heard as a palatal nasal [ɲ].[2]
Vowels
- The status of [ɨ] is only heard as an alternate of sounds /i, u/ within speech, as well as its lengthened and nasalized equivalents.
- The sounds of /ɛ, ɛ̃, ɛː, ɛ̃ː/ may be heard as more close-mid [e, ẽ, eː, ẽː] across dialects.[3]
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References
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