Lorhon language

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People	Ténbó
Language	Téén

Lorhon
Lorhon
Téén
Region	Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Ténbó
Native speakers	(8,000 cited 1991–1999)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur? Kulango–Lorhon Lorhon; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lor
Glottolog	teen1242
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Lorhon, or Teen, is a Gur language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Burkina Faso.

As with Doghose, there are spelling variants to accommodate the sound [ɣ]: Loghon, Lorhon, Loron. Other names are Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé, and Tuni.^{[citation needed]}

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants^[2]
		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial- velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k	k͡p
	phar.	pˤ
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	g	g͡b
Trill			r
Nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ͡m
Fricative	voiceless	f	s		x		h
Fricative	voiced	v	z
Approximant	plain		l	j		w
Approximant	phar.		lˤ	jˤ		wˤ

Vowels

Vowels^[2]
	Front	Back
	Front	unrounded	rounded
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid	e		o
Near-open	ɛ	ʌ	ɔ
Open	a

Notes

↑ Lorhon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 Chanard & Hartell 2019.

References

Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Téén sound inventory". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

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[e18-1] Lorhon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[FOOTNOTEChanardHartell2019-2] 1 2 Chanard & Hartell 2019.

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Lorhon
Téén
Region	Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Ethnicity	Ténbó
Native speakers	(8,000 cited 1991–1999)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur? Kulango–Lorhon Lorhon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lor`
Glottolog	`teen1242`

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