Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Alveolar | | Velar |
|---|
| Nasal | | | | m | | | | n | | | | |
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| Stop | | pʰ | p | b | | tʰ | t | d | | kʰ | k | |
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| Fricative | | | | | | | s | z | | | | |
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| Resonant | | | | | | | | ɾ | | | | w |
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Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | | | u |
|---|
| Mid-high | | e | | | | o |
|---|
| Low | | | | a | | |
|---|
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
Allophony
- Consonants [m b k ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Voiceless obstruents other than [s], i.e. [pʰ tʰ kʰ ...], persistently assimilate in aspiration to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n̥ n] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-nasal consonants other than semivowels [pʰ t g ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Obstruents [pʰ tʰ k ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent. Before a voiced obstruent, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Consonants [m̥ p g ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated stops become unaspirated.
- Unaspirated resonants [ɾ̥ ɾ w̥ w] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent.
- Front vowels [i e] become central [ɨ ɘ] before a velar semivowel.
- High tense semivowels [w̥ w] become mid-high [o̯̥ o̯] after a non-high vowel.
- Unrounded central vowels [ɨ ɘ a] become back [u o ɑ] before a mid-high semivowel. Vowels other than [a] become rounded.
- [ɑ] become [ɔ] before a semivowel.
Some words
| /pʰoɾsot/ | [pʰoɾ̥sot] |
| /kakʰa/ | [kakʰa] |
| /unwe/ | [unwe] |
| /pikʰib/ | [pikʰip] |
| /tʰakʰu/ | [tʰakʰu] |
| /nepu/ | [nepu] |
| /nuib/ | [nuip] |
| /unuɾ/ | [unuɾ̥] |
| /wuwi/ | [wuwi] |
| /katʰiw/ | [katʰɨw̥] |
| /kʰiwe/ | [kʰɨwe] |
| /pʰutʰun/ | [pʰutʰun̥] |
| /nottʰit/ | [notʰtʰit] |
| /se/ | [se] |
| /pista/ | [pista] |
| /napʰi/ | [napʰi] |
| /tʰotʰseɾ/ | [tʰotseɾ̥] |
| /kʰatatʰa/ | [kʰatatʰa] |
| /nada/ | [nada] |
| /ɾukʰuk/ | [ɾukʰuk] |
| /pʰuna/ | [pʰuna] |
| /kʰoɾtʰi/ | [kʰoɾ̥tʰi] |
| /pʰemu/ | [pʰemu] |
| /atuk/ | [atuk] |
| /ɾadɾu/ | [ɾadɾu] |
| /pʰutʰetʰ/ | [pʰutʰetʰ] |
| /amo/ | [amo] |
| /uwaw/ | [uwɔo̯̥] |
| /ketʰid/ | [ketʰit] |
| /tʰaskʰes/ | [tʰaskʰes] |
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