Here are some words in broad phonetic transcription in a language. Note that [ts] is an alveolaraffricate and should be taken as a single symbol just like the palatal fricative [tʃ]. It ispronounced as the initial sound in tsunami. Words in this language (except certain loan words)never contain the phonetic sequences *[ti] or *[tu]
1. Based on these data, are [t], [tʃ], and [ts] in contrastive distribution?
2. State the distribution of [t], [tʃ], and [ts] in the form of a tree:
3. Are [t], [tʃ], and [ts] phonemes or the allophones? Explain why you think so.
