Phonemic inventory

Syllable structure

(C₁)(C₂)V(h)

C₁: a consonant
C₂: one of /f ɾ l w/
V: a vowel

Allophony

• [i] become [ɨ] before a semivowel.
• After an obstruent, [m f] become [p p].
• Voiced consonants [m ɾ ɰ ...] become voiceless [m̥ ɾ̥ ɰ̥ ...] before an obstruent.
• High semivowels [ɰ̥ ɰ w̥ w] persistently become mid-high [ɤ̥̯ ɤ̯ o̥̯ o̯] after a non-high vowel.
• Alveolar resonants [ɾ̥ ɾ l̥ l] assimilate in vibrancy to a following alveolar resonant.
• Nasals [m̥ m n̥ n] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
• Consonants [m̥ t l̥ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiced nasal, [h] are deleted.
• Labial obstruents or nasals [m̥ ɱ̥ b ...] assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
• [h] are deleted between a vowel or semivowel and a vowel or semivowel.
• Consonants [m̥ t ɺ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, [h] are deleted.
• [i] become [ɨ] before a back semivowel.
• Before a labial obstruent or nasal, velar stops or nasals become non-back non-velar or uvular bilabial obstruents or nasals; [ŋ̥] become [m]; [g] become [p].
• [i] become [ɨ] before a consonant.

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