Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Laminal
alveolar | | Pal. /
vel. |
|---|
| Nasal | | | m | | | n̻ | | | |
|---|
| Stop | | p | b | | t̻ | d̻ | | k | g |
|---|
| Fricative | | | | | s̻ | z̻ | | | ɣ |
|---|
| Approximant | | | | | | l̻ | | | j |
|---|
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | | | u |
|---|
| Mid-low | | ɛ | | | | ɔ |
|---|
| Low | | | | a | | |
|---|
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)(C3)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: one of /m n̻ p t̻ k s̻ l̻ j/
C3: one of /m n̻ p k s̻ l̻/
Allophony
- Back vowels [u ɔ] become unrounded central [ɨ ɜ] before a palatal semivowel.
- Non-glottal fricative approximants [l̻ j] become voiceless [l̻̥ j̥] after a voiceless obstruent.
- Consonants [m d̻ ɣ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiceless obstruent, nasals become non-nasal.
- [ɨ ɜ] become [i ɛ] before a semivowel.
- Obstruents [p d̻ s̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally.
- Non-palatal consonants [m t̻ z̻ ...] become front [mʲ tʲ̻ zʲ̻ ...] before a palatal semivowel.
- Nasals [m mʲ n̻ nʲ̻] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-pharyngeal unrounded velar obstruents or nasals [ŋ k x ...] become palatal [ɲ c ç ...] after a front vowel or semivowel.
- Consonants [m t̻ zʲ̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiceless obstruent, nasals become non-nasal.
Some words
| /t̻ak/ | [t̻ak] |
| /kan̻pi/ | [kat̻pi] |
| /z̻ɛn̻/ | [z̻ɛn̻] |
| /t̻ɛs̻z̻u/ | [t̻ɛz̻z̻u] |
| /d̻ɔn̻s̻a/ | [d̻ɔt̻s̻a] |
| /jan̻gɔl̻/ | [jaŋgɔl̻] |
| /s̻ɛ/ | [s̻ɛ] |
| /pukl̻ɛn̻/ | [pukl̻̥ɛn̻] |
| /gɛbɔs̻/ | [gɛbɔs̻] |
| /s̻ɔpkɔ/ | [s̻ɔpkɔ] |
| /pɔkɔp/ | [pɔkɔp] |
| /pun̻d̻a/ | [pun̻d̻a] |
| /ɣups̻u/ | [ɣups̻u] |
| /pad̻a/ | [pad̻a] |
| /bua/ | [bua] |
| /bakgut̻/ | [baggut̻] |
| /pin̻kap/ | [pit̻kap] |
| /z̻iz̻ak/ | [z̻iz̻ak] |
| /s̻ɛɣa/ | [s̻ɛʝa] |
| /z̻akɛs̻/ | [z̻akɛs̻] |
| /pus̻ɔm/ | [pus̻ɔm] |
| /kus̻a/ | [kus̻a] |
| /jɔs̻ɛj/ | [jɔs̻ɛj] |
| /pɔbil̻/ | [pɔbil̻] |
| /kas̻t̻aj/ | [kas̻t̻aj] |
| /kɛs̻a/ | [kɛs̻a] |
| /t̻ukba/ | [t̻ugba] |
| /git̻ɔj/ | [git̻ɛj] |
| /kɛɔn̻/ | [kɛɔn̻] |
| /kɔl̻ɛ/ | [kɔl̻ɛ] |
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