Mesqan language

Mesqan is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Gurage people in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia. It belongs to the family's Ethiopian Semitic branch.

Phonology

Consonants

Sounds /p, pʼ, v, sʼ/ occur in loanwords, mainly from Amharic.
/xʷ/ may also have an allophone of .
/b/ may have an allophone of in postvocalic and intervocalic positions.
/n/ may assimilate to when following a velar consonant.
/k, ɡ/ can also be heard as palatalized when before front vowels.
Vowels