Phonemic inventory

Syllable structure

(C₁)(C₂)V

C₁: a consonant
C₂: one of /gʷ l/
V: a vowel

Allophony

• [gʷ] become [ŋʷ] after a nasal.
• Alveolar stops or nasals [n t] are persistently deleted between a stop or nasal and a stop.
• Non-glottal fricative obstruents [p k s ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent.
• Unrounded non-bilabial consonants [n d z ...] become rounded [nʷ dʷ zʷ ...] after a mid-high rounded vowel.
• Non-bilabial consonants [n dʷ sʷ ...] assimilate in rounding to a following consonant and become unrounded word-finally.
• Nasals [m n ŋ ...] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following non-lateral obstruent or nasal.
• Alveolar voiced fricatives [z zʷ] become non-nasal approximant laterals [l lʷ] after an alveolar approximant.
• Consonants [m d z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiceless obstruent, nasals become non-nasal.
• Non-prenasalised voiced stops [b d g ...] become prenasalised [^mb ⁿd ^ŋg ...] after a nasal.
• Consonants [m p z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding non-lateral obstruent or nasal. After a voiceless obstruent, prenasalised stops become non-prenasalised; nasals become non-nasal.

Some words

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