Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Laminal
labial-alveolar | | Bilabial-alveolar | | Labial | | Laminal
alveolar | | Alveolar | | Velar |
|---|
| Nasal | | n͡m̻ | | n͡m | | m | | n̻ | | | | |
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| Stop | | t͡p̻ | | | | p | | t̻ | | | | k |
|---|
| Fricative | | s͡f̻ | | | | f | | s̻ | | | | x |
|---|
| Tap | | | | | | | | | | ɾ | | |
|---|
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
|---|
| High | | i | | | | u |
|---|
| Mid-high | | e | | | | o |
|---|
| Low | | | | a | | |
|---|
Syllable structure
(C)V
C: a consonant
V: a vowel
Allophony
- Non-velar obstruents or nasals [n͡m̻ n̻ t̻ ...] become velarised [n͡mˠ̻ nˠ̻ tˠ̻ ...] before a velar obstruent.
- Alveolar consonants other than [ɾ], i.e. [n͡m̻ n̻ tˠ̻ ...], assimilate in laminality to a following alveolar consonant.
- [ɾ] persistently become [ɾ̥] after a non-nasal phone except a non-nasal vowel or resonant.
- Non-nasal consonants [t͡p̻ t fˠ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally.
- Short non-glottal stop non-glottal fricative voiceless consonants [t͡p̻ tˠ̻ f ...] become voiced [d͡b̻ dˠ̻ v ...] between a voiced phone and a voiced phone.
- Velar obstruents [k g x ɣ] become rounded [kʷ gʷ xʷ ɣʷ] before a non-low rounded vowel.
- Consonants [n͡m̻ pˠ s͡fˠ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Consonants [n͡m̥̻ d͡bˠ̻ s͡fˠ̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n͡m̥̻ n͡m n̥ˠ̻ ...] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Labial obstruents or nasals [n͡m̥̻ m̥ p ...] persistently assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
Some words
| /ɾaxixa/ | [ɾaɣiɣa] |
| /en͡m̻e/ | [en͡m̻e] |
| /keke/ | [kege] |
| /mes̻e/ | [mez̻e] |
| /ɾaet̻a/ | [ɾaed̻a] |
| /ixo/ | [iɣʷo] |
| /n͡m̻imun͡ma/ | [n͡m̻imun͡ma] |
| /ket̻afe/ | [ked̻ave] |
| /n̻apa/ | [n̻aba] |
| /kaei/ | [kaei] |
| /s̻in͡m̻et͡p̻a/ | [s̻in͡m̻ed͡b̻a] |
| /pua/ | [pua] |
| /n͡m̻eki/ | [n͡m̻egi] |
| /kou/ | [kʷou] |
| /n̻aui/ | [n̻aui] |
| /t̻imu/ | [t̻imu] |
| /kauxe/ | [kauɣe] |
| /xamin̻o/ | [xamin̻o] |
| /kafa/ | [kava] |
| /t̻ot̻ie/ | [t̻od̻ie] |
| /n̻epoɾa/ | [n̻eboɾa] |
| /memepe/ | [memebe] |
| /t͡p̻ikeki/ | [t͡p̻igegi] |
| /mepe/ | [mebe] |
| /exiɾi/ | [eɣiɾi] |
| /fomit̻it͡p̻i/ | [fomid̻id͡b̻i] |
| /xume/ | [xʷume] |
| /ot̻e/ | [od̻e] |
| /maife/ | [maive] |
| /min̻a/ | [min̻a] |
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