Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Velar | | Glottal |
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| Nasal | | | m | | | n | | | ŋ | | | |
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| Stop | | p | b | | t | d | | k | g | | | |
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| Fricative | | f | v | | s | | | x | | | h | |
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| Tap | | | | | | ɾ | | | | | | |
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Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | | | u |
|---|
| Mid-high | | e | | | | o |
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| Low | | | | a | | |
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Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)(C3)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a voiced consonant other than a stop; i.e. one of /m n ŋ v ɾ/
C3: a consonant
Allophony
- Consonants [m t v ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiceless consonant other than [h], nasals become non-nasal. After a voiced consonant other than [ɾ], [h] are deleted.
- Voiceless stops [p t k] become aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ] before a glottal fricative.
- Labial obstruents or nasals [m p f ...] persistently assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
- Nasals [m ɱ n ŋ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Consonants [m b̪ f ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiced consonant other than [ɾ], aspirated consonants become unaspirated. Before a voiceless obstruent, nasals become non-nasal.
- Labial obstruents or nasals other than [f v], i.e. [m p p̪ ...], become velar [ŋ͡m k͡p k͡p̪ ...] before a velar obstruent or nasal. Fricatives become non-velar non-velar; fricatives become labiodental.
Some words
| /famo/ | [famo] |
| /kaka/ | [kaka] |
| /kadve/ | [kadve] |
| /ee/ | [ee] |
| /ɾefe/ | [ɾefe] |
| /emvŋa/ | [eŋ͡ɱvŋa] |
| /goa/ | [goa] |
| /ubsa/ | [ubza] |
| /ea/ | [ea] |
| /omfo/ | [oɱvo] |
| /keŋpuv/ | [kembuv] |
| /suda/ | [suda] |
| /ɾetiv/ | [ɾetiv] |
| /duŋ/ | [duŋ] |
| /fuxa/ | [fuxa] |
| /gomkseŋ/ | [goŋgzeŋ] |
| /ɾa/ | [ɾa] |
| /soke/ | [soke] |
| /sikku/ | [sikku] |
| /gasi/ | [gasi] |
| /enuh/ | [enuh] |
| /tasat/ | [tasat] |
| /ɾio/ | [ɾio] |
| /kopo/ | [kopo] |
| /tevgu/ | [tevgu] |
| /toɾin/ | [toɾin] |
| /naɾiɾ/ | [naɾiɾ] |
| /buki/ | [buki] |
| /sito/ | [sito] |
| /diɾɾi/ | [diɾɾi] |
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