Phonemic inventory

Consonants
LabialAlveolarAlveolar
lateral
RetroflexRetroflex
lateral
Pal. /
vel.
Rounded
velar /
bilabial-velar
Rounded
velar
lateral
Nasalmnɳ
Stoppʰptʰtʈʰʈkʰkk͡pʰk͡p
Fricativefsʂ
Approximantlɭjwʟʷ

Vowels
FrontBack
Highiiː
Mid-higheeːẽeː̃øøːø̃øː̃
Lowɑɑːɑ̃ɑː̃

Syllable structure

(C1)V(C2)

C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a non-retroflex consonant; i.e. a consonant other than /ɳ ʈʰ ʈ ʂ ɭ/

Allophony

Some words

/nitʰk͡pʰɑ/[nɨkʰk͡pʰɑ]
/epʰtʰøk͡pʰ/[ɘpʰtʰɵk͡pʰ]
/iːpʰ/[ɨːpʰ]
/k͡pʰeːpʰk͡piː/[k͡pʰɘːc͡pʰc͡pʰiː]
/k͡petʰfit/[k͡pɘtʰfɨt]
/k͡pekʰeʟʷ/[k͡pɘkʰɘʟʷ]
/tepʰmɑ̃tʰ/[tɘpʰpɑ̃tʰ]
/ɳeːkʰk͡pɑː̃f/[ɳɘːkʰk͡pʰɑː̃f]
/mẽil/[mẽɨl]
/fiːfi/[fɨːfi]
/kʰeːtʰ/[kʰɘːtʰ]
/iːjkʰiː/[ɨːcʰiː]
/ɑːkʰk͡pe/[ɑːkʰc͡pʰe]
/mẽe/[mẽe]
/jɑttẽpʰ/[jɑttɘ̃pʰ]
/eːmkʰeːj/[ɘː̃ɲ͡mɟeːj]
/k͡pine/[k͡pɨ̃ne]
/nipʰk͡pẽ/[nɨc͡pʰc͡pʰẽ]
/ʟʷek͡pʰit/[ʟʷɘk͡pʰɨt]
/neː̃meː̃/[nɘː̃meː̃]
/ijkẽtʰ/[ɨkɘ̃tʰ]
/kij/[cij]
/tʰiːpʰipʰ/[tʰɨːpʰɨpʰ]
/ʈɑ̃kɑ̃/[ʈɑ̃kɑ̃]
/wiː/[wiː]
/pɑ̃ʈeːkʰ/[pɑ̃ʈɘːkʰ]
/pẽn/[pɘ̃n]
/kɑːfe/[kɑːfe]
/kẽk͡pʰis/[kɘ̃k͡pʰɨs]
/wɑt/[wɑt]

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