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 [l̻̥ i̥ u̥] between a voiceless obstruent and a voiceless obstruent or word-finally.
- [s̻] become [ɹ̻̥̃] before a nasal.
- [s̻] become [ɹ̻̥̃] before a nasal.
- Non-back vowels [i i̥ ɛ æ] become central [ɨ ɨ̥ ɜ a] after a consonant.
- Consonants [m t̻ ɹ̻̥̃ ...] 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 ɹ̻̥̃ ...] become rounded [n̻ʷ kʷ ɹ̻̥̃ʷ ...] 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 l̻̥ʷ ...] become voiced [b d͡z̻ʷ l̻ʷ ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
Some words
| /ut̻æl̻k/ | [ud̻al̻̥k] |
| /kæs̻kl̻u/ | [kas̻ʷkʷl̻̥ʷu] |
| /s̻æs̻n̻l̻ɛpk/ | [s̻ãɹ̻̃n̻l̻ɜpk] |
| /n̻ups̻ækk/ | [n̻ʷups̻akk] |
| /t̻æms̻kæs̻pn̻/ | [t̻ãn̻z̻gãɹ̻̥̃pt̻] |
| /kun̻/ | [kʷũn̻] |
| /s̻il̻n̻upk/ | [s̻ɨl̻ʷn̻ʷupk] |
| /n̻æt̻l̻ɔp/ | [n̻at̻ʷl̻̥ʷɔp] |
| /kɔpɛ/ | [kʷɔbɜ] |
| /s̻ɔt̻i/ | [s̻ʷɔt̻ɨ̥] |
| /t̻uppɔ/ | [t̻ʷu̥ppɔ] |
| /kɛ/ | [kɜ] |
| /pɛn̻n̻æt̻/ | [pɜ̃n̻n̻at̻] |
| /s̻ut̻u/ | [s̻ʷu̥t̻ʷu̥] |
| /kæs̻u/ | [kas̻ʷu̥] |
| /t̻is̻t̻ɔ/ | [t̻ɨ̥s̻ʷt̻ʷɔ] |
| /mut̻k/ | [mut̻k] |
| /n̻ɔl̻kt̻æn̻/ | [n̻ʷɔl̻̥kt̻ãn̻] |
| /kit̻æt̻l̻s̻/ | [kɨ̥t̻at̻l̻̥s̻] |
| /kæs̻æpn̻k/ | [kaz̻apt̻k] |
| /s̻ɛkik/ | [s̻ɜkɨ̥k] |
| /s̻is̻l̻ɔn̻s̻/ | [s̻ɨ̥s̻ʷl̻̥ʷɔ̃n̻z̻] |
| /n̻æs̻t̻æ/ | [n̻as̻t̻a] |
| /t̻ɛs̻n̻t̻ɛk/ | [t̻ɜ̃ɹ̻̃n̻d̻ɜk] |
| /s̻æk/ | [s̻ak] |
| /kupkt̻ɛs̻l̻/ | [kʷu̥pkt̻ɜs̻l̻̥] |
| /s̻uɔk/ | [s̻ʷuɔk] |
| /t̻ukn̻æ/ | [t̻ʷu̥kt̻a] |
| /pækæn̻/ | [pagãn̻] |
| /n̻ɔs̻ɔ/ | [n̻ʷɔz̻ʷɔ] |
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