Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Velar | | Rounded velar / bilabial-velar |
| Nasal | | m | | n | | ŋ | | ŋ͡m |
| Stop | | p | | t | | k | | k͡p |
| Fricative | | f | | s | | | | |
| Approximant | | β̞ | | l | | | | w |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | | y | | | ɨ | | | | | | | u | |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | ɛ̃ | œ | œ̃ | | ɜ | ɜ̃ | | | | | | ɔ | ɔ̃ |
| Low | | | | | | | a | ã | | | | | | | |
Syllable structure
(C)V(R)
C: a consonant
V: a vowel
R: a sonorant
Allophony
- Nasals [ŋ͡m m n ŋ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent.
- Non-velar obstruents or nasals other than [f], i.e. [m n t ...], persistently become velar [ŋ͡m ŋ k ...] before a velar stop or nasal. Non-labial obstruents or nasals become non-alveolar.
- Mid-low vowels [ɛ œ ɜ̃ ...] become tense [e ø ɘ̃ ...] before a high semivowel.
- Low vowels [a ã] become non-low [ɜ ɜ̃] before a nasal.
- [f] become [ʋ̥] after an obstruent.
- [t] become [t͡s] before a non-nasal alveolar fricative.
- Consonants [ŋ͡m k͡p s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a nasal, [s x] become [ɾ ]; [f] become [β̞].
- Consonants [ŋ͡m̥ ŋ f ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced stop or nasal, [s x] become [ɾ ]; [f] become [β̞].
- Non-glottal stop non-glottal fricative obstruents [k͡p t t͡s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent. After a voiced stop, [f x] become [β̞ ]; [s] become [ɾ].
- [n] become [l] after an alveolar approximant.
- Non-lateral alveolar taps [ɾ̥ ɾ] become approximants [ɹ̥ ɹ] before an alveolar approximant.
- Consonants [ŋ͡m̥ k͡p x ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced stop or nasal, [f x] become [β̞ ]; [s] become [ɾ].
Some words
| /ta/ | [ta] |
| /ɨŋpi/ | [ɨmbi] |
| /la/ | [la] |
| /mɨnɛ/ | [mɨnɛ] |
| /kɔ̃/ | [kɔ̃] |
| /fi/ | [fi] |
| /kypu/ | [kypu] |
| /samɜ/ | [sɜmɜ] |
| /lɨwã/ | [lɨwã] |
| /paβ̞fɔ/ | [paβ̞̥fɔ] |
| /wanœ/ | [wɜnœ] |
| /lɛnlɨm/ | [lɛnlɨm̥] |
| /pœsã/ | [pœsã] |
| /wɔsã/ | [wɔsã] |
| /misaw/ | [misaw̥] |
| /fœŋy/ | [fœŋy] |
| /β̞ɛŋi/ | [β̞ɛŋi] |
| /kymœ/ | [kymœ] |
| /kãŋɔ/ | [kɜ̃ŋɔ] |
| /lãkɔ̃/ | [lãkɔ̃] |
| /fɔfɛ/ | [fɔfɛ] |
| /tœ̃pɛ/ | [tœ̃pɛ] |
| /ŋɜmfi/ | [ŋɜɱβ̞i] |
| /luk͡pa/ | [luk͡pa] |
| /siti/ | [siti] |
| /tuŋu/ | [tuŋu] |
| /ŋi/ | [ŋi] |
| /mulœ/ | [mulœ] |
| /katyŋ/ | [katyŋ̥] |
| /saœβ̞/ | [saœβ̞̥] |
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