Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Palatalised alveopal. sibilant / palatal | | Velar | | Uvular | | Glottal |
| Nasal | | | | m | | | | n | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stop | | p | | b | | t | tʼ | d | | t͡ɕ | t͡ɕʼ | d͡ʑ | | k | kʼ | g | | q | qʼ | ɢ | | | | |
| Fricative | | f | | | | s | | | | ɕ | | | | | | | | | | | | h | | |
| Tap | | | | | | | | ɾ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Approximant | | | | | | | | l | | | | j | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | i̤ | | | | | u | ṳ |
| Mid-high | | e | e̤ | | | | | o | o̤ |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | ɛ̤ | | | | | ɔ | ɔ̤ |
| Low | | | | | a | a̤ | | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(h)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
Allophony
- Stops [p d qʼ ...] persistently become aspirated [pʰ d̤ qʰ ...] after an aspirated phone except a vowel. Ejective stops become non-ejective.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ k t͡ɕ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiced stop or nasal, ejective stops become non-ejective.
- Non-nasal consonants [pʰ g̤ v ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced consonant other than a resonant, ejective stops become non-ejective.
- Front vowels and semivowels [j̥ i e̤ ...] become non-front [k̟ ɨ ɘ̤ ...] before an uvular stop. Semivowels become stops.
- Non-lateral alveolar taps [ɾ̥ ɾ] persistently become glottal fricatives [h ] before an alveolar approximant.
- Mid vowels [e o ɜ ...] become high [i u ɪ̈ ...] before a palatal or velar voiced consonant.
- Non-pharyngeal consonants other than uvular consonants or [j̥ j], i.e. [m k̟ f ...], assimilate in palatalisation to a following consonant. Before a front consonant, apical consonants become alveopalatal laminal; non-sibilant coronal stops or nasals other than [n] become affricate sibilants; approximant laterals become obstruents or nasals; taps become obstruents or nasals.
- Unaspirated non-labial voiceless stops [t k̟ qʼ ...] assimilate in glottalisation to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than a resonant.
- Semivowels [j̥ j] persistently become near-high [ɪ̥̯ ɪ̯] after a lax vowel.
- Voiced phones other than fricatives [m d͡ʒ̤ ɪ̈ ...] persistently assimilate in aspiration to a preceding voiced consonant. After a voiced consonant, [ɦ ɦʲ] become [ j].
- Unaspirated voiced stops [b ɟ ɢ ...] become breathy-voiced [b̤ ɟ̤ ɢ̤ ...] before a glottal fricative.
- Between a vowel or resonant and a vowel or resonant, dorsal voiced stops become short non-ejective non-nasal voiced semivowels; [ɟ̤] become [j].
- Nasals [m̤ mʲ̤ n ...] persistently become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-high vowels [e o ɜ̤ ...] become nasal [ẽ õ ɜ̤̃ ...] after a nasal.
- Dorsal stops or nasals [ɲ̤ c k ...] persistently assimilate in highness or uvularity to a following dorsal stop or nasal. Before an uvular stop or nasal, non-back stops or nasals become uvular; palatal stops or nasals become uvular.
- Alveopalatal stops or nasals [nʲ̱̤ t͡ɕʰ t͡ɕʼ ...] become non-affricate non-coronal palatal [ɲ̤ cʰ cʼ ...] before a palatal stop or nasal.
- Labial obstruents or nasals [m̤ ɱʲ̤ pʲ ...] persistently assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
- Labial obstruents or nasals [m̤ b̤ pʲ̪ ...] assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
- Near-high semivowels [ɪ̥̯ ɪ̤̯ ɪ̯] persistently become tense [j̥ j̤ j] after a high vowel or semivowel.
- Ejective stops [tʼ k̟ʼ qʼ ...] persistently become non-ejective [t k̟ q ...] before a non-nasal phone except a non-nasal vowel or resonant or word-finally.
- Front vowels and semivowels [j̥ i ẽ ...] become non-front [k̟ ɨ ɘ̃ ...] after an uvular stop or nasal. Semivowels become stops or nasals.
- Coronal consonants [n̤ t͡ʃʰ ɬʲ̱ ...] persistently assimilate in laminality to a following coronal consonant. Before a palatoalveolar obstruent or nasal, taps become glottal fricatives; [ɾ̥] become [h].
- Unaspirated obstruents [p k βʲ ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent. After a voiced obstruent, ejective stops become non-ejective.
- Non-ejective unaspirated resonants [ɾ̥ l̻ j̥ ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than a resonant.
- [hʲ] become [h] before a non-labial voiceless stop.
- Stops [pʰ tʰ ɢ̤ ...] assimilate in aspiration to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before an aspirated consonant other than a resonant, ejective stops become non-ejective.
- Near-high semivowels [ɪ̥̯ ɪ̤̯ ɪ̯] become tense [j̥ j̤ j] before a high vowel or semivowel.
- Uvular stops or nasals [ɴ̤ qʰ qʼ ...] become palatal or velar [ŋ̤ kʰ kʼ ...] after a high vowel or semivowel.
Some words
| /ma̤hne̤qɛh/ | [mãɦn̤ɘ̤̃qɜh] |
| /d͡ʑihkʼeh/ | [d͡ʑihkʰeh] |
| /jɔhte/ | [jɔhtʰe] |
| /t͡ɕʼahsɛh/ | [t͡ɕʼahsɛh] |
| /hihe/ | [hihe] |
| /je̤hɕeh/ | [jehʲɕeh] |
| /gitʼoh/ | [gitʼoh] |
| /sa̤hba̤h/ | [sa̤hpʰa̤h] |
| /t͡ɕehqe̤/ | [t͡ɕehqʰɘ̤] |
| /dɛqʼɛhɕoh/ | [dɜqʼɜhʲɕoh] |
| /nanoh/ | [nãnõh] |
| /t͡ɕahpah/ | [t͡ɕahpʰah] |
| /ɢe̤htʼih/ | [ɢɘhtʰih] |
| /ahdih/ | [ahtʰih] |
| /dahkɔh/ | [dahkʰɔh] |
| /nihne̤h/ | [niɦn̤ẽ̤h] |
| /fɛhga/ | [fɛhkʰa] |
| /qehbi̤h/ | [qɘhpʰi̤h] |
| /ehne̤h/ | [eɦn̤ẽ̤h] |
| /tehɢih/ | [tehqʰɨh] |
| /d͡ʑahdeh/ | [d͡ʑahtʰeh] |
| /inah/ | [inãh] |
| /jehneh/ | [jeɦn̤ẽ̤h] |
| /jahba̤h/ | [jahpʰa̤h] |
| /fehmih/ | [feɦm̤i̤h] |
| /muguh/ | [muuh] |
| /tʼe̤hmeh/ | [tʼe̤ɦm̤ẽ̤h] |
| /jɛhɾa̤h/ | [jɛhɾ̥a̤h] |
| /ɛht͡ɕʼih/ | [ɛht͡ɕʰih] |
| /fe̤hgah/ | [fe̤hkʰah] |
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