Phonemic inventory

Consonants
BilabialAlveolarAlveolar
sibilant
Pal. /
vel.
Rounded
velar /
bilabial-velar
Glottal
Nasalmnŋŋ͡m
Stopptt͡sʰt͡st͡sʼkk͡pʰk͡pk͡pʼ
Fricativesh
Approximantljw

Vowels
FrontCentralBack
Highiɨu
Mid-higheɘo
Lowaɒ

Syllable structure

(C1)V(C2)

C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a sonorant; i.e. one of /ŋ͡m m n ŋ h/