Lorhon language

Lorhon
Téén
Region	Ivory Coast, Burkina
Ethnicity	Ténbó
Native speakers	(8,000 cited 1991–1999)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur? Kulango–Lorhon Lorhon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lor
Glottolog	teen1242

Person	Ténsé
People	Ténbó
Language	Téén

Lorhon, or Teen, is a Gur language of Ivory Coast and across the border in Burkina Faso.

As with Doghose, there are spelling variants to accommodate the sound [ɣ]: Loghon, Lorhon, Loron. Other names are Nabe, Tegesie, Ténhé, and Tuni.^{[citation needed]}

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial- velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k	k͡p
	phar.	pˤ
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	g	g͡b
Trill			r
Nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ͡m
Fricative	voiceless	f	s		x		h
	voiced	v	z
Approximant	plain		l	j		w
	phar.		lˤ	jˤ		wˤ

Vowels

Vowels^[2]

	Front	Back
		unrounded	rounded
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid	e		o
Near-open	ɛ	ʌ	ɔ
Open	a

Notes

1. Lorhon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Chanard & Hartell 2019.

References

• Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Téén sound inventory". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 1 September 2024.