Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Alveolar sibilant | | Velar | | Glottal |
| Nasal | | | m | | | n | | | | | | | | | |
| Stop | | | b | | t | d | | t͡s | d͡z | | k | g | | | |
| Fricative | | f | v | | | | | s | z | | | | | h | |
| Trill | | | | | | r | | | | | | | | | |
| Tap | | | | | | ɾ | | | | | | | | | |
| Approximant | | | | | | l | | | | | | w | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | iː | ĩ | iː̃ | | | | | | | u | uː | ũ | uː̃ |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | ɛː | ɛ̃ | ɛː̃ | | | | | | | ɔ | ɔː | ɔ̃ | ɔː̃ |
| Low | | | | | | | a | aː | ã | aː̃ | | | | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)(R)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
R: one of /ɾ l w/
V: a vowel
C2: one of /m n t k t͡s f h/
Allophony
- Voiceless stops [t k t͡s] become aspirated [tʰ kʰ t͡sʰ] before a glottal fricative.
- Consonants [m k s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiceless consonant other than [h], nasals become non-nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Mid-low vowels [ɛ ɛ̃ ɔː ...] persistently become tense [e ẽ oː ...] before a high semivowel.
- Non-affricate alveolar stops [tʰ t d] persistently become affricate sibilants [t͡sʰ t͡s d͡z] before a non-nasal alveolar fricative.
- Obstruents [p kʰ d͡z ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Short non-glottal stop unaspirated voiceless consonants [p t͡s r̥ ...] persistently become voiced [b d͡z r ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
- Short non-glottal stop unaspirated voiceless consonants [p t͡s r̥ ...] become voiced [b d͡z r ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
- Semivowels [w̥ w] persistently become near-high [ʊ̯̥ ʊ̯] before a lax vowel.
- Unaspirated voiceless stops [p t k t͡s] become aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ t͡sʰ] after a voiceless fricative.
- Low vowels [a aː ã aː̃] become non-low [ɜ ɜː ɜ̃ ɜː̃] before a nasal.
- Non-nasal vowels [i eː ɜ ...] become nasal [ĩ eː̃ ɜ̃ ...] before a nasal phone.
- Consonants [m k r̥ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiceless obstruent or pause, nasals become non-nasal. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated.
- Consonants [m k r̥ ...] assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated. Before a voiceless consonant other than a resonant, nasals become non-nasal.
Some words
| /dam/ | [dɜ̃p] |
| /gɛmfĩn/ | [gɛ̃mvĩt] |
| /wɛt͡s/ | [ʊ̯ɛt͡s] |
| /d͡zaːm/ | [d͡zɜː̃p] |
| /wimdɔː/ | [wĩmdɔː] |
| /ɾak/ | [ɾak] |
| /fɔmnã/ | [fɔ̃mnã] |
| /wafsum/ | [ʊ̯afsũp] |
| /tlɛːmɾaːm/ | [tl̥ɛː̃mɾɜː̃p] |
| /klɛgĩm/ | [kl̥ɛgĩp] |
| /d͡zɛnfat/ | [d͡zɛ̃nvat] |
| /faf/ | [faf] |
| /bɾãnwɛ̃/ | [bɾɜ̃nʊ̯ɛ̃] |
| /ɾãmt͡sɛn/ | [ɾɜ̃md͡zɛ̃t] |
| /sã/ | [sã] |
| /nwun/ | [nwũt] |
| /nɔ/ | [nɔ] |
| /d͡zun/ | [d͡zũt] |
| /ɾaːnfɛm/ | [ɾɜː̃nvɛ̃p] |
| /nlɔːntun/ | [nlɔː̃ndũt] |
| /anvãf/ | [ɜ̃nvãf] |
| /rannwan/ | [rɜ̃nnʊ̯ɜ̃t] |
| /mah/ | [mah] |
| /kim/ | [kĩp] |
| /dif/ | [dif] |
| /tahswa/ | [tahsʊ̯̥a] |
| /bahvɾɔ/ | [bavɾɔ] |
| /fabɔn/ | [fabɔ̃t] |
| /hiː̃sum/ | [hiː̃zũp] |
| /kimt͡sɔ/ | [kĩmd͡zɔ] |
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