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Consonants

Index of SIL publications on Consonants listed by country.

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Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1991. "Lendu: a new perspective on implosives and glottalized consonants."
• McKee, Robert G. 1992. "The interpretation of consonants with semi-vowel release in Meje (Zaire) stems."

Ethiopia

• Unseth, Peter Edward. 2002. Bi-consonantal reduplication in Amharic and Ethio-Semitic.

Mozambique

• Gardner, William. 2001. "Consonant mutation in Shona languages."
• Gardner, William. 2003. "Mutação consonantal nas línguas Shona."

Zimbabwe

• Gardner, William. 2001. "Consonant mutation in Shona languages."
• Gardner, William. 2003. "Mutação consonantal nas línguas Shona."

Americas

Mexico

• Bishop, Ruth G. 1984. "Consonant play in lexical sets in Northern Totonac."
• Marlett, Stephen A. 1979. "The abstract consonant in Seri."
• Marlett, Stephen A. and Joseph P. Stemberger. 1983. "Empty consonants in Seri."
• Nellis, Donald G. and Barbara E. Hollenbach. 1980. "Fortis versus lenis in Cajonos Zapotec phonology."
• Willett, Elizabeth R. 1985. "Palatalization in Southeastern Tepehuan."

Peru

• Parker, Stephen G. 1990. "Laminal sibilants in Chamicuro."
• Parker, Stephen G. and David J. Weber. 1996. "Las oclusivas glotalizadas y aspiradas en el quechua del Cusco."  
• Parker, Stephen G. and David Weber. 1996. "Glottalized and aspirated stops in Cuzco Quechua."

Suriname

• Smith, N. S. H. and George L. Huttar. 1984. "The development of the liquids in Kwinti."

United States

• Leman, Wayne E. 1980. "Some Cheyenne consonant alternations: Synchronic and diachronic views."

Asia

Cambodia

• Prakorb Phon-Ngam. 1993. "The problem of aspirates in Central Khmer and Northern Khmer."  

China

• Li Jingfang and Zhou Guoyan. 1998. "Diachronic evolution of initial consonants in Buyang."  
• Wang, Dewen. 1988. "A comparative study of Kam and Sui initial consonants."
• Xiaohang, Qin. 1997. "Evolution of the initial consonant clusters ‘pl’, ‘kl’, ‘ml’ in the hongshuihe vernacular of Zhuang."  

Indonesia

• Grimes, Charles E. 1991. "Final consonants in Masarete: insights from a Central Malayo-Polynesian language."
• Martens, Michael P. and Martha A. Martens. 1983. "The inelegant glottal: a problem in Uma phonology."
• Martens, Michael P. and Martha A. Martens. 1988. "Some notes on the inelegant glottal: a problem in Uma phonology."
• Voorhoeve, C. L. 1994. "The origin of the implosive stops in Sahu."

Korea, South

• Kim, Youngho. 1995. Acoustic characteristics of Korean coronal stops, affricates and fricatives.

Malaysia

• Pekkanen, Inka. 1981. "Some consonantal sound changes in the Kadazan dialects of the Penampang, Papar, and Beaufort districts of Sabah, Malaysia."

Philippines

• Grayden, Bruce. 1979. "The Southern Kalinga /1/."
• Quakenbush, J. Stephen. 1991. "Agutaynen glottal stop."

Thailand

• Prakorb Phon-Ngam. 1993. "The problem of aspirates in Central Khmer and Northern Khmer."  

Viet Nam

• Day, A. Colin. 1962. "Final consonants in Northern Vietnamese."

Pacific

Australia

• Huttar, George L. and Jean F. Kirton. 1981. "Contrasts in Yanyuwa consonants."
• Kirton, Jean F. and Bella Charlie. 1978. "Seven articulatory positions in Yanyuwa consonants."

Papua New Guinea

• McElhanon, Kenneth A. 1970. "Stops and fricatives: Non-unique solution in Selepet."
• McElhanon, Kenneth A. 1974. "The glottal stop in Kâte."
• Raymond, Mary and Steve Parker. 2005. "Initial and medial geminate trills in Arop-Lokep."