Choni language
Tibetic language
Choni (Jonê) and Thewo are dialects of a Tibetic language spoken in western China in the vicinity of Jonê County.
Phonology
Consonants
Choni has four contrastive aspirated fricatives: /sʰ/ /ɕʰ/, /ʂʰ/, /xʰ/.
/r/ is phonetically a fricativized alveolar trill [r̝], and may be heard as [ʐ] as an allophone.
A syllable-initial /k/ can be heard as a uvular fricative [χ] before voiceless consonants and as a voiced [ʁ] before voiced consonants. A syllable-final /k/ can be heard as a uvular stop [q] after /æ/ or /ɔ/ vowel sounds.
[ʁ] can also be heard as an allophone of /ɣ/ between /æ/ or /ɔ/ and another vowel.
Vowels
[ũː] rarely exists as a phoneme, and is only attested in a few words with a palatal or alveolo-palatal initial.
Tone
Choni has two contrasting tones, which are realized differently on long and short vowels. They are word tones, with predictable realizations on the second syllable of a morpheme.
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