Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Labial | | Alveolar | | Velar | | Glottal |
|---|
| Nasal | | m̥ | m | | n̥ | n | | | | | | |
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| Stop | | p | b | | t | d | | k | g | | | |
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| Fricative | | f | v | | s | z | | x | ɣ | | h | |
|---|
| Tap | | | | | | ɾ | | | | | | |
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| Approximant | | | | | | ɹ | | | | | | |
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Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | | ɨ | | | | u |
|---|
| Mid-high | | e | | | | | | ɤ | o |
|---|
| Low | | | | | | | | ɑ | |
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Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
Allophony
- Stops or nasals [m̥ n t ...] persistently become non-affricate and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent.
- Consonants [m̥ p f ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, [h] are deleted.
- Short non-glottal stop non-glottal fricative voiceless fricatives [f s x] become voiced [v z ɣ] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
- Vowels [i u ɤ ...] persistently become nasal [ĩ ũ ɤ̃ ...] before a nasal.
- Consonants [m̥ b s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following consonant other than a resonant. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, [h] are deleted.
- Voiced obstruents [b d v ...] become nasals [m n m ...] before a nasal. Obstruents other than stops become nasals; [v] become [m]; [z] become [n].
Some words
| /ken̥hi/ | [kẽn̥hi] |
| /boɣɨ/ | [boɣɨ] |
| /ɣɤxm̥uɹ/ | [ɣɤxm̥uɹ] |
| /hen̥viz/ | [hẽɱ̥fiz] |
| /bɑho/ | [bɑho] |
| /pen̥ɑɣ/ | [pẽn̥ɑɣ] |
| /fɑgu/ | [fɑgu] |
| /kiko/ | [kiko] |
| /bɑsɨ/ | [bɑzɨ] |
| /fodɣih/ | [fogɣih] |
| /xopvɑ/ | [xop̪fɑ] |
| /kɤki/ | [kɤki] |
| /ɣɑvgɨ/ | [ɣɑvgɨ] |
| /kɑɑh/ | [kɑɑh] |
| /etɑ/ | [etɑ] |
| /xiki/ | [xiki] |
| /bɑs/ | [bɑs] |
| /xedpi/ | [xebbi] |
| /hoxfɤ/ | [hoxfɤ] |
| /bɑxopɑs/ | [bɑɣopɑs] |
| /ɣɑm̥u/ | [ɣɑ̃m̥u] |
| /hɤve/ | [hɤve] |
| /kovɑs/ | [kovɑs] |
| /m̥ikɤ/ | [m̥ikɤ] |
| /ɑtɑ/ | [ɑtɑ] |
| /m̥evu/ | [m̥evu] |
| /bobɑ/ | [bobɑ] |
| /poxe/ | [poɣe] |
| /pepi/ | [pepi] |
| /popus/ | [popus] |
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