Bengkulu Malay
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Phonology
Bengkulu is written in the Latin, Jawi, and sometimes in Rejang scripts.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voicelessScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme (coda) |
| voicedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | ||
| Nasal | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme, Template:Grapheme (before c/j) | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | ||
| Fricative | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | (Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme) (coda) | |||
| Lateral | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | |||||
| Tap | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | |||||
| Semivowel | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | Template:IPA link Template:Grapheme | ||||
The letters Template:Grapheme, Template:Grapheme, Template:Grapheme and Template:Grapheme are used in loanwords from Indonesian.
Vowels
Bengkulu diphthongs are Template:Grapheme, Template:Grapheme.
References
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