Peripheral consonant

Peripheral consonant

In Australian linguistics, the peripheral consonants are a natural class encompassing consonants articulated at the extremes of the mouth: bilabials and velars. In Australian languages, these consonants pattern together both phonotactically and acoustically.

Phonotactics

Australian languages typically favour peripheral consonants word- and syllable-initially, while they are not allowed or rare word- and syllable-finally. This is diametrically opposed to the apicals.

Acoustics

In Martuthunira, the peripheral stops IPA|/p/ and IPA|/k/ share similar allophony. While the other stops may be voiced between vowels or following a nasal, the peripherals are usually voiceless.

References

*cite book|first=R. M. W. |last=Dixon | authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2002|id=ISBN-10: 0521473780, ISBN-13: 9780521473781|url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780


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