Chopi language

Chopi (also spelled Copi, Tschopi, and Txopi), is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of Mozambique.

Maho (2009) lists the possibly extinct Lenge dialect as a distinct language.

Phonology

Consonants

• Sounds , are typically heard as labial-alveolar affricates , however in recent years there has been a shift in pronunciation having them pronounced purely as alveolar.
• Consonants when preceding are always either palatalized or labialized .
• /ɟ/ may also be heard as an implosive in free variation.
• /v/ may also be heard as an affricate in free variation.

Vowels

• Nasalized vowel sounds [á¹¼] may be heard when preceding nasal consonants.

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