Inor language

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Inor (pronounced Script error: No such module "IPA".), sometimes called Ennemor, is an Afroasiatic language spoken in central Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, it is mainly spoken within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, as well as by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. In addition to the morphological complexity that is common to all Semitic languages, Inor exhibits the very complex morphophonology characteristic of West Gurage languages.

Endegegn, Enner, Gyeto, and the extinct dialect Mesmes are all sometimes considered dialects of Inor.

Inor possesses nasal vowels, which are unusual for a Gurage language. Many of these may be the result of historical rhinoglottophilia.

Phonology

Consonants

Inor consonants[1]Template:Sfn
labial alveolar alveo-
palatal
palatal velar glottal
plain labial plain labial plain labial
Stops and
affricates
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voiceless Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
voiced Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
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voiced Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
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nasalized Template:IPA link
Rhotics plain Template:IPA link
nasalized Template:IPA link

Vowels

Inor vowels[2]
front central back
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mid Template:IPA link Template:IPA link Template:IPA link
low Template:IPA link Template:IPA link

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