Phonemic inventory

Syllable structure

(C)V

C: a consonant
V: a vowel

Allophony

• Non-pharyngeal consonants other than [j], i.e. [m t̻ f ...], become front [mʲ tʲ̻ fʲ ...] before a palatal semivowel.
• Obstruents [p tʲ̻ v ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
• [j] become [ɪ̯] after a lax vowel.
• Short voiced fricatives [v vʲ z̻ zʲ̻] become approximants [w w ɹ̻ ɹʲ̻] between a vowel or semivowel and a vowel or semivowel. Labiodental fricatives become non-labial velar rounded semivowels; [vʲ] become [w].
• Obstruents [p tʲ̻ v ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally.
• [a] become [ɑ] before a velar semivowel.
• [j ɪ̯ a] persistently assimilate in frontness or palatalisation to a following non-alveolar semivowel.
• Obstruents [p tʲ̻ v ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally.
• Alveolar stops [t̻ d̻ tʲ̻ dʲ̻] become non-affricate and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
• Near-high semivowels [ɪ̯ ɪ̯̈] become tense [j ɰ̟] after a high vowel or semivowel.

Some words

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