Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
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Donohue (2013, 2015: 405-406) gives 17 or 18 consonants and 7 vowels for Iha as follows:
| m | n̪ | ||||
| p | t̪ | q | kp | ||
| mb | n̪d̪ | ɴɢ | ŋmgb | ||
| β | d̪ | [dʒ] | ʁ | ||
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| w | ɽ | j |
| i | u | |
| e | o | |
| ɛ | ɔ | |
| a |
Donohue suggests that affricate [dʒ] may be better analysed as a sequence /d̪j/ rather than as a unit phoneme.
The realization of the phoneme give in (2013) as /ɣ/ and in (2015) as /ʁ/ varies between velar and uvular non-stops [ɣ ʁ].
Donohue (2103) states that voiceless stops /p t̪ q kp/ can be lenited to [β ð ɣ ~ ʁ w], athough the lenition of /b q/ is mandatory while that /t̪ kp/ is uncommon. In at least one example, the rare medial prenasalized labiovelar /ŋmgb/ has been heard as a nasalized rounded non-stop [w̃].
The difference between high-mid and low mid-vowels /e ɛ/ and /o ɔ/ respectively is not indicated in Donohue's orthography. They are said to contrast only in open syllables, while in closed syllables only low mid /ɛ ɔ/ are found.
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Flassy and Animung (1992: 68-69) give pronouns for Iha in four case forms as follows:
| subject | reflexive a | reflexive b | possessive | |
| -ø | -kɛ [-kɛ ~ -gɛ] | -ja ~ [-ja ~ -ma] | — | |
| 1 sg. | ɔn | ɔn-kɛ | ɔn-ma | -ɔn |
| 2 sg. | kɔ | kɔ-gɛ | kɔ-ja | -kɔ |
| 3 sg. | mi | mi-gɛ | mi-ja | -mɔ |
| 1 pl. excl | mbi | mbi-gɛ | — | — |
| 1 pl. incl. | in | in-kɛ | — | -in |
| 2 pl. | ki | ki-gɛ | ki-ja | -ki |
| 3 pl. | wat | wat-kɛ | — | -mi |
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… Donohue (2015: 409-412) … undergoer prefixes. These mark patients of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs alike. No distinction is drawn in number, nor between second persons and the first person plural inclusive:
| undergoer | |
| 1 sg./pl. | ni- |
| 2/1+2 sg./pl. | qi- |
| 3 sg./pl. | ø- |
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… Donohue (2015: 408-410) … subject desinences … yesterday past … /wˈħo-/ “go”, /qˈn̪o-/ “see” and /ħoˈkpow-/ “fall” … No distinction is drawn between third persons singular and plural or between exclusive and inclusive first person plural subjects:
| go | see | fall | ||
| wˈħo- ~ [wˈħe-] | qˈn̪o- ~ [qˈn̪e-] | ħoˈkpow- | ||
| 1 sg. | -mb-on̪ | wˈħo-mb-on̪ | qˈno-mb-on̪ | ħoˈkpow-mb-on̪ |
| 2 sg. | -mb-e | wˈħo-mb-e | qˈno-mb-e | ħoˈkpow-mb-e |
| 3 sg./pl. | -mb-iħ | wˈħe-mb-iħ | qˈne-mb-iħ | ħoˈkpow-mb-ih |
| 1 pl. excl./incl. | -mb-op | wˈħo-mb-op | qˈno-mb-op | ħoˈkpow-mb-op |
| 2 pl. | -mb-i | wˈħo-mb-i | qˈno-mb-i | ħoˈkpow-mb-i |
… Donohue (2015: 415-417) … first person singular … five tenses … six verbs ….
| future | past | today past | yesterday past | remote past | ||
| laugh | ˈjet̪- | ˈjet̪-aɴɢen̪ | ˈjet̪-en̪ | ˈjet̪-en̪ | ˈjet̪-mb-on̪ | ˈjet̪-n̪oɴɢon̪ |
| fly | puˈɽun̪- | puˈɽun̪-jaɴɢen̪ | puˈɽun̪-ewen̪ | puˈɽun̪-en̪ | puˈɽu-mb-on̪ | puˈɽu-n̪oɴɢon̪ |
| swim | ˈnoɽowk- | |||||
| hear | qmon- | |||||
| split wood | kpˈɽeħ- | |||||
| hit | kpak- |