Abstract
An analysis of the segmental phonology of Koorete (kòorete) is presented, with sections on vowels, consonants, and consonant clusters. The analysis differs from earlier ones (Hayward, Afrika und Übersee LXV: 211–268, 1982, Ford, Notes on Ko:rete phonology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990) by claiming that diphthongs constitute an important part of Koorete phonology, that Koorete has no distinctive opposition between affricates and fricatives, and that there are distinctive oppositions between single and geminated sibilants in consonant clusters. There are also shorter sections on aspects of Koorete tonology and morphophonology.
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