Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Laminal
alveolar | | Velar |
|---|
| Nasal | | | m | | | n̻ | | | |
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| Stop | | p | b | | t̻ | d̻ | | k | |
|---|
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | ĩ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Mid-low | | ɛ | ɛ̃ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|
| Low | | | | | | | a | ã | | | | ɑ | ɑ̃ | ɒ | ɒ̃ |
|---|
Syllable structure
(C)V(N)
C: a stop or nasal
V: a vowel
N: a stop or nasal other than a stop; i.e. one of /m n̻/
Allophony
- Stops [p b d̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following stop.
- Non-back non-low vowels [i ĩ ɛ ɛ̃] become central [ɨ ɨ̃ ɜ ɜ̃] after a stop or nasal.
- Stops or nasals [m p d̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following stop or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiceless stop or pause, stops or nasals other than stops become stops.
- Stops or nasals [m p d̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding stop or nasal. After a voiceless stop, stops or nasals other than stops become stops.
- Non-glottal stop non-glottal fricative stops [p t̻ k ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding stop.
- Unrounded back vowels and unrounded velar or uvular back consonants [k g ɑ ɑ̃] become rounded [kʷ gʷ ɒ ɒ̃] after a bilabial stop or nasal.
- Nasals [m n̻] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following stop or nasal.
Some words
| /iɒ̃kɛ/ | [iɒ̃kɜ] |
| /t̻ɛ̃i/ | [t̻ɜ̃i] |
| /it̻it̻i/ | [it̻ɨt̻ɨ] |
| /t̻ɒt̻i/ | [t̻ɒt̻ɨ] |
| /d̻ɛn̻bin̻/ | [d̻ɜmbɨt̻] |
| /bɛd̻ɛ̃n̻/ | [bɜd̻ɜ̃t̻] |
| /bin̻ba/ | [bɨmba] |
| /kaki/ | [kakɨ] |
| /t̻id̻an̻/ | [t̻ɨd̻at̻] |
| /d̻ɒkɒ̃/ | [d̻ɒkɒ̃] |
| /kid̻ɑ̃bĩ/ | [kɨd̻ɑ̃bɨ̃] |
| /bĩd̻i/ | [bɨ̃d̻ɨ] |
| /ɑi/ | [ɑi] |
| /kɒ̃ɛ/ | [kɒ̃ɛ] |
| /pĩd̻ɒɛ̃m/ | [pɨ̃d̻ɒɛ̃p] |
| /bɒɒm/ | [bɒɒp] |
| /t̻ɛpɛm/ | [t̻ɜpɜp] |
| /bid̻ɒ̃/ | [bɨd̻ɒ̃] |
| /pikĩ/ | [pɨkɨ̃] |
| /piĩ/ | [pɨĩ] |
| /ɛkɛ̃ɒ/ | [ɛkɜ̃ɒ] |
| /ɒ̃d̻ɑ/ | [ɒ̃d̻ɑ] |
| /pid̻ibɒn̻/ | [pɨd̻ɨbɒt̻] |
| /kakɒ/ | [kakɒ] |
| /bit̻i/ | [bɨt̻ɨ] |
| /bãɒ/ | [bãɒ] |
| /kin̻/ | [kɨt̻] |
| /t̻ɛɒ̃/ | [t̻ɜɒ̃] |
| /kɒkin̻/ | [kɒkɨt̻] |
| /t̻ɛt̻an̻n̻i/ | [t̻ɜt̻an̻n̻ɨ] |
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