Phonemic inventory

Syllable structure

(C)V

C: a consonant
V: a vowel

Allophony

• Consonants other than [pʰ tʰ kʰ], i.e. [m t r ...], persistently assimilate in voice to a following stop or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiced stop or nasal, [h] are deleted. Before a voiceless consonant other than [h] or pause, nasals become non-nasal.
• Stops or nasals [m p d ...] assimilate in aspiration to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before an aspirated consonant, voiced stops or nasals become voiceless; stops or nasals other than stops become stops.
• [a] become [æ] after a palatal approximant.
• Unaspirated stops [p t k ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following stop and become voiceless word-finally.
• Non-pharyngeal unrounded consonants other than [j̥ j], i.e. [m t r̥ ...], assimilate in palatalisation to a following consonant. Before a palatal approximant, [r] become [j]; [r̥] become [hʲ].
• Consonants other than aspirated stops [m tʲ j̥ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiceless consonant other than a resonant, nasals become non-nasal. After a voiced stop or nasal, glottal fricatives become unaspirated palatal or velar.
• Consonants other than aspirated stops [m tʲ j̥ ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiceless consonant other than a resonant, nasals become non-nasal. After a voiced stop or nasal, [h] are deleted; [hʲ] become [j].
• Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n nʲ] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following stop or nasal.
• Non-pharyngeal unrounded non-front consonants [m tʰ h ...] become front [mʲ tʰʲ hʲ ...] after a front consonant except a semivowel. [r̥] become [hʲ]; [r] become [j].

Some words

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