Random phonology

Phonemic inventory

Consonants
	Labial				Alveolar					Alveolar lateral			Velar
Nasal			m					n
Stop	pʰ	p	b		tʰ	t	tʼ	d					kʰ	k	kʼ	g
Implosive			ɓ	ɓ̰				ɗ	ɗ̰
Fricative		f				s					ɬ			xʷ
Approximant												l				w

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i	ɨ	u
Low		a

Syllable structure

(C)V

C: a consonant
V: a vowel

Allophony

[p t tʼ k kʼ ɓ̰ ɗ̰] persistently assimilate in glottalisation to a following obstruent. Before a glottalised stop, [p] become [b].
Labial obstruents or nasals [m p ɓ ...] assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
Voiceless stops [pʰ p̪ tʼ ...] persistently assimilate in aspiration to a following obstruent or nasal. Before an aspirated stop, ejective stops become non-glottalised.
[ɓ ɓ̪ ɗ i ɨ u a] become creaky-voiced after a creaky-voiced implosive.
Unaspirated voiceless stops [p t k ...] become aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ ...] after an aspirated stop. Ejective stops become non-glottalised.
Front vowels [i ḭ] become central [ɨ ɨ̰] before a velar semivowel.
Nasals [m ɱ n] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
Stops or nasals [m pʰ̪ k ...] are persistently deleted between a stop or nasal and an obstruent.
[p p̪ t tʼ k kʼ ɓ̰ ɓ̰̪ ɗ̰] persistently assimilate in glottalisation to a preceding obstruent. After a glottalised stop, [p p̪] become [b b̪].
Non-nasal consonants other than implosives [pʰ t ɸ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiced stop or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated; [ɬ s] become [l ɾ]; ejective stops become non-glottalised; [ɸ f] become [w w]; [xʷ] become [w].
Non-nasal consonants other than implosives [pʰ tʼ ɬ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced stop or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated; ejective stops become non-glottalised; [ɸ f] become [w w]; [ɬ s] become [l ɾ]; [xʷ] become [w].
Non-nasal consonants other than implosives or [w̥ w], i.e. [pʰ t f ...], assimilate in voice to a following obstruent. Before a voiced stop, aspirated stops become unaspirated; [ɬ s] become [l ɾ]; ejective stops become non-glottalised; [ɸ f] become [w w]; [xʷ] become [w].
Velar obstruents or nasals [ŋ kʰ kʼ ...] become uvular [ɴ qʰ qʼ ...] after a non-high central vowel.
Front vowels [i ḭ] become central [ɨ ɨ̰] after a semivowel.
[tʰ] become [t͡sʰ] before a high tense vowel or semivowel.

Some words

/gadada/	[gadada]
/pupagu/	[pupaɢu]
/batala/	[batala]
/muu/	[muu]
/lapɨ/	[lapɨ]
/ipu/	[ipu]
/lɨɗutʼa/	[lɨɗutʼa]
/ɗai/	[ɗai]
/ɨwi/	[ɨwɨ]
/saɓuga/	[saɓuga]
/ɗaɨu/	[ɗaɨu]
/laɓɨ/	[laɓɨ]
/atʰɨba/	[at͡sʰɨba]
/waɓ̰ɨ/	[waɓ̰ɨ̰]
/mɨdi/	[mɨdi]
/sɨɗa/	[sɨɗa]
/luu/	[luu]
/lɨu/	[lɨu]
/ɗ̰ata/	[ɗ̰a̰ta]
/iɓ̰axʷi/	[iɓ̰a̰χʷi]
/gɨwuɗi/	[gɨwuɗi]
/miɨfu/	[miɨfu]
/ɓabuɗu/	[ɓabuɗu]
/itʰɨ/	[it͡sʰɨ]
/wuadɨ/	[wuadɨ]
/nɨɗɨ/	[nɨɗɨ]
/nada/	[nada]
/idu/	[idu]
/liɨ/	[liɨ]
/kʼaɓi/	[kʼaɓi]

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