The Swo Consonantal System

The Swo consonantal system has taken shape in my thinking and we are now ready to launch the experimental orthography. Pastor Simon Pierre Ossimba is a great support for this work and is very appreciative. Mr. Lounga Nang began working with me Oct.14 on a write-up of the phonology. We are hoping to finish the data collection on Oct.22. I have many of the conclusions already. After some more data-collection, I'll be ready for the formal write-up. After the write-up, we will begin preparing pedagogical materials and texts of various genres in the language. There are three degrees of consonants: Labial: /p/, /b/, /m/, /w/ Labiodental: /f/, /v/ Alveolar: /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /l/, /n/, /y/ Velar: /k/, /g/, /ŋ/. Allophones of these phonemes include: /K/-> [ʔ] / -CV_(V) /ŋ/-> [ɲ] / -_V /D/-> [r] / -CV_(V) /t/-> [ts] / -_V[high]