Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Laminal alveolar | | Alveolar | | Velar | | Uvular | | Glottal |
| Nasal | | | m | | | n̻ | | | n | | | | | | | | | |
| Stop | | p | b | | t̻ | d̻ | | t | d | | k | g | | | | | ʔ | |
| Fricative | | | | | s̻ | | | s | | | | | | | | | h | |
| Resonant | | | | | | l̻ | | | l | | | w | | | ʀ | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | | | | u |
| Mid-high | | e | | | | o |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | | | | ɔ |
| Low | | | | a | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
Allophony
- Non-nasal consonants [p d s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiced stop or nasal, [ʔ h] are deleted.
- Vowels [i e ɛ ...] become nasal [ĩ ẽ ɛ̃ ...] before a nasal.
- Voiceless stops [p t̻ t k] persistently become aspirated [pʰ tʰ̻ tʰ kʰ] before a glottal fricative.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ d h ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated; [ʔ] are deleted.
- Front vowels [i e ɛ ...] become central [ɨ ɘ ɜ ...] before a velar semivowel.
- Short non-nasal voiced consonants other than [ʀ], i.e. [b g l̻ ...], persistently become voiceless [p k l̥̻ ...] after a voiceless aspirated consonant.
- Alveolar consonants [n̻ tʰ s ...] persistently assimilate in laminality to a following alveolar consonant.
- Alveolar consonants [n̻ tʰ s ...] persistently assimilate in laminality to a following alveolar consonant.
- Obstruents [pʰ d̻ k ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent. After a voiced obstruent, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Unaspirated voiceless stops [p t̻ t k] become aspirated [pʰ tʰ̻ tʰ kʰ] after an aspirated consonant.
- Alveolar stops [tʰ̻ d̻ t ...] become affricate sibilants [t͡sʰ̻ d͡z̻ t͡s ...] before a non-nasal alveolar fricative.
- Semivowels [w̥ w] become mid-high [o̯̥ o̯] after a lax vowel.
- Short non-glottal stop unaspirated voiceless consonants [p t͡s̻ ʀ̥ ...] become voiced [b d͡z̻ ʀ ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
- Non-back vowels [i e ɛ̃ ...] become back [ɯ ɤ ʌ̃ ...] before a semivowel.
- Obstruents [pʰ t d͡z̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following non-nasal consonant other than a resonant. Before a voiced obstruent, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
Some words
| /d̻at̻i/ | [d̻ad̻i] |
| /l̻us/ | [l̻us] |
| /pa/ | [pa] |
| /pas̻e/ | [paz̻e] |
| /ʀiɔb/ | [ʀiɔb] |
| /ehɛ/ | [ehɛ] |
| /d̻eti/ | [d̻edi] |
| /s̻ikis̻/ | [s̻igis̻] |
| /se/ | [se] |
| /kiti/ | [kidi] |
| /t̻ii/ | [t̻ii] |
| /bis̻u/ | [biz̻u] |
| /gubuw/ | [gubuw] |
| /ʀis̻um/ | [ʀiz̻ũm] |
| /s̻apt̻i/ | [s̻apt̻i] |
| /kigt̻a/ | [kigd̻a] |
| /l̻uht̻ɛd/ | [l̻uhtʰ̻ɛd] |
| /kɛp/ | [kɛp] |
| /s̻asus/ | [s̻azus] |
| /s̻eub/ | [s̻eub] |
| /dit̻mɛp/ | [did̻mɛp] |
| /tathom/ | [tatʰhõm] |
| /l̻endad/ | [l̻ẽndad] |
| /akke/ | [akke] |
| /poak/ | [poak] |
| /n̻at̻uh/ | [n̻ad̻uh] |
| /pitt̻u/ | [pit̻t̻u] |
| /d̻eheh/ | [d̻eheh] |
| /ɛka/ | [ɛga] |
| /kod̻ɛp/ | [kod̻ɛp] |
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