Phonemic inventory

Syllable structure

(C)V

C: a consonant
V: a vowel

Allophony

• Non-nasal consonants [p d ɸ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal.
• Nasals [m n] persistently become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
• Back vowels [u uː ɔ ɔː] become central [ʉ ʉː ɞ ɞː] after a palatal semivowel.
• Vowels [i u ɞː ...] become nasal [ĩ ũ ɞ̃ː ...] before a nasal.
• Non-nasal vowels [i u ɞː ...] become nasal [ĩ ũ ɞ̃ː ...] before a nasal phone.
• Back vowels [u ũ ɔː ...] become central [ʉ ʉ̃ ɞː ...] before a palatal semivowel.
• Non-nasal consonants [p k z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent and become voiceless word-finally.
• Non-pharyngeal non-palatal or velar consonants [m t s ...] persistently become front [mʲ tʲ sʲ ...] before a palatal semivowel.
• Non-pharyngeal non-palatal or velar consonants [m t s ...] persistently assimilate in palatalisation to a following consonant.
• Non-glottal fricative obstruents [p tʲ ɸʲ ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent.
• Central vowels [ʉ ɞ a ...] become front [y œ æ ...] before a palatal semivowel.
• Non-nasal consonants [p k sʲ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
• Semivowels [j̥ j] are deleted after a rounded vowel.
• Front low vowels [æ æː æ̃ æ̃ː] become mid-low [ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ ɛ̃ː] before a semivowel.

Some words

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