Editing Tausug language (section)

==Phonology==

===Vowels===
Tausūg has three vowel phonemes: /a/, /i/, /u/, with phonemic length (e.g. ''īpun'', "shrimp" vs. ''ipun'', "tooth"). Stress is not phonemic and usually occurs on the final syllable.{{sfnp|Peneyra|1992|pp=1–2}}

The vowel phonemes have a broad range of [[allophone]]s:<ref name="Tan1967" />
*/a/: {{IPA|[a,ɐ,ɑ]}}
*/i/: {{IPA|[i,ɪ]}}
*/u/: {{IPA|[u,ʊ,ɤ,ʌ,ə]}}

Tausūg has expectedly developed some variations in accent and vocabulary from one area to another, but there are two basic dialects characterized by differences with regard to vowel sounds. The "Gimbahanun" (literally means people from the farm) speakers, the residents of the out-of-town rural areas, use four vowels: /a/, /i/, /u/ and /ə/,{{sfnp|Tan|1967}} the last vowel representing schwa sound or "obscure u", a retention from [[Proto-Philippine language|Proto-Philippine]] and [[Proto-Bisayan]]. The "Parianun", the residents of the urban areas, use only three vowel phonemes: /a/, /i/, /u/,;{{sfnp|Rubino|2005}} the loss of /ə/ is common in many Bisayan and other Philippine languages.

===Consonants===
The consonant phonemes are:{{sfnp|Peneyra|1992|p=1}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]<br/>
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| {{IPA link|m}}
| {{IPA link|n}}
|
| {{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Stop consonant|Plosive]]<br/>[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! {{small|[[voicelessness|voiceless]]}}
| {{IPA link|p}}
| {{IPA link|t}}
|
| {{IPA link|k}}
| {{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
! {{small|[[voice (phonetics)|voiced]]}}
| {{IPA link|b}}
| {{IPA link|d}}
| {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}} {{angbr|j}}
| {{IPA link|ɡ}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
| {{IPA link|f}}
| {{IPA link|s}}
|
|
| {{IPA link|h}}
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|
| {{IPA link|l}}
| {{IPA link|j}} {{angbr|y}}
| {{IPA link|w}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" | [[Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
| {{IPA link|r}}
|
|
|
|}

Allophones:<ref name="Tan1967">{{harvp|Tan|1967|page=16}}</ref>
* /b/: per default {{IPA|[b]}}, but {{IPA|[β]}} between vowels
* /g/: per default {{IPA|[ɡ]}}, but {{IPA|[ɣ]}} between vowels
* /h/: per default {{IPA|[h]}}, but {{IPA|[ɦ]}} between vowels
* /r/: per default {{IPA|[r]}}, but {{IPA|[ɹ]}} before /m,n,g,k/

Medial gemination (of all non-[[glottal consonant]]s) is phonemic.<ref name="Tan1967" />