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Examine the sounds [e] and [a] in the following data from Ebira, a Niger-Congo language of the Nupoid family, spoken in Nigeria. Do they appear to be allophones of separate phonemes or allophones of ... the same phoneme? If the two sounds are in complementary distribution, state the conditioning environments for the allophones. Answer & Explanation Solved by a verified expert Ebira language has nine vowel phonemes which are /i/, /e/, /o/, /u/, /a/, /ɪ /, /ɛ/, /ɔ/, and /ʊ/. (Isiaka) This data set shows that they are allophones of different phonemes and are always in complementary distribution. For example [meze] I am well. and [mazi]I am in pain. so they are in complementary distribution Step-by-step explanation The text above is the answer to the given question. [Show More]
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