Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Velar | | Glottal |
| Nasal | | | m | | | n | | | | | | |
| Stop | | p | b | | t | d | | k | g | | ʔ | |
| Fricative | | f | v | | s | z | | | | | h | |
| Approximant | | | | | | l | | | | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | iː | | | | | u | uː |
| Mid-high | | | eː | | | | | | oː |
| Low | | | | | a | aː | | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
Allophony
- Front vowels [i iː eː] become central [ɨ ɨː ɘː] before a velar stop.
- Alveolar stops or nasals [n t d] are persistently deleted between a stop or nasal and a stop or nasal.
- Voiceless obstruents [p t f ...] become ejective [pʼ tʼ fʼ ...] before a glottal stop. [s] become [t͡sʼ].
- Voiceless obstruents [p tʼ t͡sʼ ...] assimilate in glottalisation to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than [l]. After an ejective consonant, [s] become [t͡sʼ].
- [ʔ] become stops and assimilate in place of articulation to a following stop.
- Non-ejective voiceless stops [p t k t͡s] become aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ t͡sʰ] before a glottal fricative.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ d t͡sʼ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than [l]. After a voiced consonant other than [l], ejective consonants become non-ejective; aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Nasals [m n] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Nasals [m ɱ n ŋ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ kʰ d͡z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than an approximant lateral. Before a voiced consonant other than [l], ejective consonants become non-ejective; aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Front vowels [i iː eː] persistently become non-front [ɨ ɨː ɘː] after a consonant.
- Before an alveolar approximant, obstruent sibilants become non-sibilant coronal alveolar obstruent laterals; non-sibilant coronal stops or nasals other than [n] become alveolar affricate laterals.
- Non-ejective unaspirated non-nasal consonants [p t͡ɬ ɬ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than an approximant.
- Voiced vowels [i ɨː ɘː ...] become creaky-voiced [ḭ ɨː̰ ɘː̰ ...] after a glottal stop.
Some words
| /pahdi/ | [pahtɨ] |
| /tini/ | [tɨnɨ] |
| /ʔu/ | [ʔṵ] |
| /tanfu/ | [taɱvu] |
| /lihda/ | [lɨhta] |
| /pisfuh/ | [pɨsfuh] |
| /nifki/ | [nɨfkɨ] |
| /biː/ | [bɨː] |
| /tubaːk/ | [tubaːk] |
| /fuː/ | [fuː] |
| /faːfaː/ | [faːfaː] |
| /limfit/ | [lɨɱvɨt] |
| /daːzip/ | [daːzɨp] |
| /faːaː/ | [faːaː] |
| /pulku/ | [pul̥ku] |
| /dipdaː/ | [dɨptaː] |
| /peːmis/ | [pɘːmɨs] |
| /hafaːh/ | [hafaːh] |
| /ipif/ | [ipɨf] |
| /suːtav/ | [suːtav] |
| /faːfiz/ | [faːfɨz] |
| /ʔaːnbuf/ | [ʔaː̰mbuf] |
| /hanvih/ | [haɱvɨh] |
| /biːsmiːl/ | [bɨːzmɨːl] |
| /unup/ | [unup] |
| /paʔa/ | [paʔa̰] |
| /iːpiːv/ | [iːpɨːv] |
| /pamuf/ | [pamuf] |
| /kanbiː/ | [kambɨː] |
| /bahla/ | [bahl̥a] |
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