Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Alveolar lateral | | Velar | | Glottal |
| Nasal | | | | m | | | | n | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stop | | pʰ | p | b | | tʰ | t | d | | | t͡ɬ | | | kʰ | k | g | | | | |
| Fricative | | | f | v | | | s | z | | | | | | | x | ɣ | | h | | |
| Approximant | | | | | | | | | | | | l | | | | | | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | | | | u |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | | | | ɔ |
| Low | | | | a | | |
Syllable structure
(C)V
C: a consonant
V: a vowel
Allophony
- Short non-nasal voiced phones other than non-near-high vowels [b v l ...] become voiceless [p f l̥ ...] between a voiceless consonant or word-initially and a voiceless consonant or word-finally.
- Voiceless stops [pʰ tʰ kʰ ...] assimilate in aspiration to a following consonant other than an approximant.
- Aspirated stops [pʰ tʰ kʰ t͡ɬʰ] become unaspirated [p t k t͡ɬ].
- Unaspirated voiceless stops [p t k t͡ɬ] persistently become aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ t͡ɬʰ] after an aspirated consonant.
- Obstruents [pʰ d f ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following non-nasal consonant other than an approximant and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced obstruent, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Voiced obstruents [b g v ...] become nasals [m ŋ β̞ ...] after a nasal. [v ɣ] become [β̞ ]; [d͡ɮ] become [n]; [z] become [l].
- [v] become [ʋ] after a bilabial approximant.
- Labial voiced obstruents or nasals [m b v] become non-lateral non-nasal approximants [β̞ β̞ ʋ] after a labial approximant.
- Non-affricate alveolar stops [tʰ t d] become affricate sibilants [t͡sʰ t͡s d͡z] before a non-nasal alveolar fricative.
- Non-glottal stop obstruents [pʰ k d͡z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ g s ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ t͡ɬʰ z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than an approximant and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Nasals [m n ŋ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation between an obstruent or nasal and an obstruent or nasal.
- Nasals [m ɱ n ŋ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Voiced obstruents [b g v ...] become nasals [m ŋ β̞ ...] before a nasal. [v ɣ] become [β̞ ]; [d͡ɮ] become [n]; [d͡z] become [n]; [z] become [l].
Some words
| /lamudɔ/ | [lamudɔ] |
| /diɛ/ | [diɛ] |
| /fazai/ | [fazai] |
| /ɛɛnu/ | [ɛɛnu] |
| /pɔnɔfu/ | [pɔnɔfu̥] |
| /it͡ɬɛlɛ/ | [i̥t͡ɬɛlɛ] |
| /balaɛ/ | [balaɛ] |
| /kɔli/ | [kɔli] |
| /sulɔ/ | [sulɔ] |
| /dɛfɔ/ | [dɛfɔ] |
| /paha/ | [paha] |
| /tʰiniu/ | [tʰiniu] |
| /sidɛ/ | [sidɛ] |
| /isɔ/ | [i̥sɔ] |
| /bɔpɛ/ | [bɔpɛ] |
| /nɔpapa/ | [nɔpapa] |
| /maa/ | [maa] |
| /ala/ | [ala] |
| /tɛpɛ/ | [tɛpɛ] |
| /tuni/ | [tuni] |
| /mɛki/ | [mɛki̥] |
| /ɔtʰipʰɛ/ | [ɔtʰi̥pʰɛ] |
| /difɔ/ | [difɔ] |
| /mɛta/ | [mɛta] |
| /upɛgɛ/ | [u̥pɛgɛ] |
| /bɛamu/ | [bɛamu] |
| /pɛda/ | [pɛda] |
| /dahɛ/ | [dahɛ] |
| /papʰɛ/ | [papʰɛ] |
| /tɛnɛ/ | [tɛnɛ] |
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