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abutting consonants aiki air passage Airstream allophones alveolar ridge Assimilation back vowel becomes ky BILABIAL closed syllable common segments Complementary Distribution consonant sound consonants with secondary CVV-CVV declarative intonation diphthong downdrift downdrift pattern F VIRG falling tone final syllable following words free variation fricative front vowel gida glottal stop glottis hard palate high tone Interrogative Intonation interrogative word Kano language long vowel low tone makaranta manner of articulation marked minimal pair monophthongs nasal consonant neutralized or suspended non-palatalized noticed nucleus open syllable organs of speech otherwise orthographically Phonemic contrast Phonology pitch level plosive plural point of articulation Pulmonic egressive question respectively Sani secondary articulation sentence set of example short vowel single vowels soft palate/velum speech sound Standard Hausa stop/plosive suka tafi tion tone patterns tongue utterance velars vocal cords voiceless vowel length Zubairu