| Inor | |
| Nativename: | Ennemor |
| States: | Ethiopia |
| Speakers: | 280,000 |
| Date: | no date |
| Ref: | e15 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Semitic |
| Fam3: | West Semitic |
| Fam4: | South Semitic |
| Fam5: | Ethiopic |
| Fam6: | South Ethiopic |
| Fam7: | Outer South Ethiopic |
| Fam8: | West Gurage |
| Iso3: | ior |
| Glotto: | inor1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Inoric |
| Notice: | IPA |
Inor (pronounced in Semitic languages pronounced as /inoːr/), sometimes called Ennemor, is an Afroasiatic language spoken in central Ethiopia. One of the Gurage languages, it is mainly spoken within the Gurage Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, as well as by speakers of the language who have settled in Ethiopian cities, especially Addis Ababa. In addition to the morphological complexity that is common to all Semitic languages, Inor exhibits the very complex morphophonology characteristic of West Gurage languages.
Endegegn, Enner, Gyeto, and the extinct dialect Mesmes are all sometimes considered dialects of Inor.
Inor possesses nasal vowels, which are unusual for a Gurage language. Many of these may be the result of historical rhinoglottophilia.
| labial | alveolar | alveo- palatal | palatal | velar | glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labial | plain | labial | plain | labial | |||||
| Stops and affricates | ejective | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /kʷ’/ | ||||
| voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /pʷ/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ʔʷ/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /bʷ/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricatives | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /fʷ/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /xʷ/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Nasals | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /mʷ/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Approximants | plain | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| nasalized | pronounced as /β̞̃/ | |||||||||
| Rhotics | plain | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| nasalized | pronounced as /r̃/ | |||||||||
| high | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| low | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
pronounced as /[ɨ]/ may be regarded as largely epenthetic and only marginally phonemic.