Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Laminal
alveolar | | Velar |
|---|
| Nasal | | m | | n̻ | | |
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| Stop | | p | | t̻ | | k |
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| Fricative | | | | s̻ | | |
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| Approximant | | | | l̻ | | |
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Vowels
| | Front | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | u |
|---|
| Mid-low | | ɛ | | ɔ |
|---|
| Low | | æ | | |
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Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)(C3)(C4)(C5)(C6)(C7)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
C3: a bilabial stop or nasal; i.e. one of /m p/
C4: a consonant
C5: one of /n̻ s̻ l̻/
C6: a consonant
C7: one of /n̻ k/
Allophony
- Short non-nasal voiced vowels and approximants other than non-near-high vowels [l̻ i u] become voiceless [l̥̻ i̥ u̥] between a voiceless obstruent and a voiceless obstruent or word-finally.
- [s̻] become [ɹ̥̻̃] before a nasal.
- [s̻] become [ɹ̥̻̃] before a nasal.
- Non-back vowels [i i̥ ɛ æ] become central [ɨ ɨ̥ ɜ a] after a consonant.
- Consonants [m t̻ ɹ̥̻̃ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After an obstruent, [m n̻] become [p t̻].
- Consonants [m t̻ z̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiceless obstruent, [m n̻] become [p t̻].
- Non-bilabial consonants [n̻ k ɹ̥̻̃ ...] become rounded [n̻ʷ kʷ ɹ̥̻̃ʷ ...] before a non-low rounded vowel.
- Vowels [i ɨ̥ ɜ ...] become nasal [ĩ ɨ̥̃ ɜ̃ ...] before a nasal consonant.
- Alveolar stops [t̻ d̻ t̻ʷ d̻ʷ] become affricate sibilants [t͡s̻ d͡z̻ t͡s̻ʷ d͡z̻ʷ] before a non-nasal alveolar fricative.
- Nasals [m n̻ n̻ʷ] persistently become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Non-bilabial consonants [n̻ g s̻ʷ ...] assimilate in rounding to a following consonant.
- Short non-ejective unaspirated voiceless vowels and short non-glottal stop non-glottal fricative voiceless consonants [p t͡s̻ʷ l̥̻ʷ ...] become voiced [b d͡z̻ʷ l̻ʷ ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
Some words
| /ɛt̻æn̻k/ | [ɛd̻ãŋg] |
| /n̻æs̻ks̻ɛ/ | [n̻as̻ks̻ɜ] |
| /t̻æs̻ks̻ul̻n̻/ | [t̻as̻ʷkʷs̻ʷul̻n̻] |
| /l̻ɛl̻kæpk/ | [l̻ɜl̥̻kapk] |
| /s̻æps̻n̻æs̻pk/ | [s̻apɹ̥̻̃n̻as̻pk] |
| /n̻ɛk/ | [n̻ɜk] |
| /kɔl̻l̻ɛs̻n̻/ | [kʷɔl̻l̻ɜ̃ɹ̻̃n̻] |
| /l̻æl̻s̻is̻/ | [l̻al̥̻s̻ɨ̥s̻] |
| /n̻it̻u/ | [n̻ɨt̻ʷu̥] |
| /kit̻ɔ/ | [kɨ̥t̻ʷɔ] |
| /t̻ɛs̻t̻i/ | [t̻ɜs̻t̻ɨ̥] |
| /n̻u/ | [n̻ʷu] |
| /t̻ukl̻æm/ | [t̻ʷu̥kl̥̻ãm] |
| /kɛt̻ɛ/ | [kɜd̻ɜ] |
| /n̻æt̻ɛ/ | [n̻ad̻ɜ] |
| /s̻ɔt̻s̻i/ | [s̻ʷɔt͡s̻s̻ɨ̥] |
| /pɛs̻k/ | [pɜs̻k] |
| /l̻in̻n̻s̻æn̻/ | [l̻ɨ̃n̻n̻z̻ãn̻] |
| /n̻ɔs̻æl̻l̻s̻/ | [n̻ʷɔz̻al̻l̥̻s̻] |
| /n̻ækæmn̻k/ | [n̻agãŋŋg] |
| /kun̻ɔn̻/ | [kʷũn̻ʷɔ̃n̻] |
| /kɔt̻s̻ipk/ | [kʷɔt͡s̻s̻ɨ̥pk] |
| /l̻æs̻s̻æ/ | [l̻as̻s̻a] |
| /t̻us̻ks̻up/ | [t̻ʷu̥s̻ʷkʷs̻ʷu̥p] |
| /kæn̻/ | [kãn̻] |
| /n̻ɛpn̻t̻ukl̻/ | [n̻ɜpt̻ʷt̻ʷu̥kl̥̻] |
| /kɛik/ | [kɜik] |
| /s̻ɛpn̻æ/ | [s̻ɜpt̻a] |
| /t̻æn̻æk/ | [t̻ãn̻ak] |
| /n̻it̻i/ | [n̻ɨt̻ɨ̥] |
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