Shi language
Congolese language
| Shi | |
|---|---|
| Kishi/Mashi/Amashi | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Region | Sud-Kivu Province, North Kivu, Nkombo Island |
| Ethnicity | Bashi |
Native speakers | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | shr |
| Glottolog | shii1238 |
JD.53 | |
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Shi, or Mashi, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ||||
| Rhotic | voiceless | r̥ | ||||
| voiced | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
- Sounds /t, d, n/ are commonly heard as dental [t̪, d̪, n̪].
- /d͡ʒ/ may also be heard as a fricative [ʒ].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Close-mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
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