Phonemic inventory

Consonants
LabialAlveolarAlveolar
sibilant
Palatalised
alveopal.
lateral
Palatalised
alveopal.
sibilant /
palatal
VelarGlottal
Nasalmn
Stoppbtdt͡sʰt͡sd͡zt͡ɬʰ̱ʲt͡ɬ̱ʲd͡ɮ̱ʲkgʔ
Fricativefvszɕʑx
Tapɾ
Approximantlʎ

Vowels
FrontCentralBack
Highiu
Mid-lowɛɔ
Lowa

Syllable structure

(C)V

C: a consonant
V: a vowel

Allophony

Some words

/nɔa/[nɔa]
/it͡su/[it͡su]
/titɛzi/[tʲitɛzʲi]
/t͡sut͡sɔ/[t͡sut͡sɔ]
/ɛdabɛ/[ɛdabɛ]
/zɛʎu/[zɛʎu]
/ɾuvɔ/[ɾuvɔ]
/d͡zɔzaɔ/[d͡zɔzaɔ]
/tʰɔtɛ/[tʰɔtɛ]
/nɛka/[nɛka]
/t͡sʰud͡ɮ̱ʲɛ/[t͡sʰud͡ɮ̱ʲɛ]
/tʰadi/[tʰadʲi]
/sɔbɛ/[sɔbɛ]
/vidi/[vidʲi]
/id͡ɮ̱ʲad͡za/[id͡ɮ̱ʲad͡za]
/bɛpʰa/[bɛpʰa]
/tʰuda/[tʰuda]
/ɾɔnu/[ɾɔnu]
/dɔʔi/[dɔʔi]
/ɾɛd͡zɛ/[ɾɛd͡zɛ]
/vuxuzɔ/[vuxuzɔ]
/nana/[nana]
/zɛni/[zɛnʲi]
/ɛxi/[ɛxi]
/kiɾɛ/[kiɾɛ]
/t͡ɬ̱ʲasigu/[t͡ɬ̱ʲasʲigu]
/nitɔ/[nʲitɔ]
/zud͡zu/[zud͡zu]
/nɔgɛa/[nɔgɛa]
/d͡zagɔ/[d͡zagɔ]

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