Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Alveolar | | Palatalised alveolar | | Palatal | | Velar | | Uvular | | Glottal | | Palatalised glottal |
| Nasal | | | m | | | n | | | nʲ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stop | | | b | | t | d | | | | | c | ɟ | | k | g | | q | ɢ | | | | | | |
| Fricative | | ɸ | | | s | z | | | | | | | | | | | | | | h | | | hʲ | |
| Resonant | | | β̞ | | | ɾ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | | | | u |
| Mid-high | | e | | | | o |
| Low | | | | a | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)(C2)V(C3)
C1: a consonant
C2: one of /ɟ g ɾ β̞/
V: a vowel
C3: one of /m n nʲ t c ɟ k g q ɸ s h hʲ ɾ β̞/
Allophony
- Consonants other than [c ɟ], i.e. [m d s ...], become rounded [mʷ dʷ sʷ ...] before a high rounded vowel. [hʲ] become [pʲʰ].
- Back vowels [u o] become unrounded front [i e] before a front consonant.
- [pʲʰ] persistently become [pʲ].
- Non-pharyngeal non-front consonants other than uvular consonants [m tʷ z ...] become front [mʲ tʲʷ zʲ ...] after a front consonant. Non-alveolar rounded consonants become unrounded; [hʷ] become [pʲʰ].
- [a] become [ɜ] before a nasal.
- Front vowels [i e] become non-front [ɨ ɘ] before an uvular stop.
- Back vowels [u o] become unrounded central [ɨ ɘ] after a front consonant.
- Non-pharyngeal palatalised consonants [mʲ tʲ zʲ ...] persistently become non-front [m t z ...] before a consonant.
- Non-nasal consonants other than resonants [pʰ tʲʷ ɸʷ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated; [hʲ] become [j].
- Dorsal consonants other than [j], i.e. [c g q ...], persistently assimilate in highness or uvularity to a following dorsal consonant other than [j]. Before an uvular stop, palatal stops become uvular.
- Alveolar stops or nasals [n t tʲ ...] are persistently deleted between a stop or nasal and a stop or nasal.
- Non-nasal consonants other than resonants [pʰ tʲʷ ɸʷ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated; [hʲ] become [j].
- Vowels [i u o ...] persistently become nasal [ĩ ũ õ ...] before a nasal.
- Non-nasal vowels [i u o ...] become nasal [ĩ ũ õ ...] before a nasal phone.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n nʷ nʲ nʲʷ] persistently become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
Some words
| /sɾoni/ | [sɾõni] |
| /kaɟit/ | [kaɟit] |
| /ɢedon/ | [ɢedõn] |
| /kun/ | [kʷũn] |
| /genβ̞on/ | [gẽnβ̞õn] |
| /taɾi/ | [taɾi] |
| /kɾahʲɸot/ | [kɾahɸʲɘt] |
| /hiɾge/ | [hiɾge] |
| /mgagɟot/ | [mgagɟɘt] |
| /dɾa/ | [dɾa] |
| /sɾuɾβ̞um/ | [sɾʷuɾβ̞ʷũm] |
| /β̞ukan/ | [β̞ʷukɜ̃n] |
| /giɸkɾe/ | [giɸkɾe] |
| /ga/ | [ga] |
| /ɾudɾak/ | [ɾʷudɾak] |
| /ɸgutgɾiɾ/ | [ɸkʷutkɾiɾ̥] |
| /ɾinɾa/ | [ɾĩnɾa] |
| /ɟgaβ̞em/ | [ɟɟaβ̞ẽm] |
| /sɾuqɾɾu/ | [sɾʷuqɾɾʷu] |
| /nennɾem/ | [nẽnnɾẽm] |
| /ɟo/ | [ɟɘ] |
| /ɢugβ̞ut/ | [ɢʷugβ̞ʷut] |
| /ɸgon/ | [ɸkõn] |
| /gɾiβ̞/ | [gɾiβ̞̥] |
| /hɾuhac/ | [hɾʷuhac] |
| /dgakgen/ | [dgakkẽn] |
| /de/ | [de] |
| /ɾa/ | [ɾa] |
| /ɢuɸkɾi/ | [ɢʷuɸkɾi] |
| /bɾenzgan/ | [bɾẽnzgɜ̃n] |
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