Datapoint Bislama/The segment [h]

Some speakers lenite [h] word-initially or word-finally, e.g. [em] hem '3SG pronoun'; [biaenem] bihaenem 'to follow (< behind)'.

Conversely, it is possible to hear speakers insert initial [h] with words that are normally vowel initial, e.g. [hek] eg 'egg' (Meyerhoff 1994-1995 field recordings in Malo).

Values

[h] exists as a major allophone

Example 23-198:
haos
house