Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Laminal
labial-alveolar | | Bilabial-alveolar | | Labial | | Laminal
alveolar | | Alveolar | | Velar |
|---|
| Nasal | | n͡m̻ | | n͡m | | m | | n̻ | | | | |
|---|
| 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
| /xan̻en̻a/ | [xan̻en̻a] |
| /an͡m̻o/ | [an͡m̻o] |
| /ɾomo/ | [ɾomo] |
| /pama/ | [pama] |
| /xaet̻i/ | [xaed̻i] |
| /en̻i/ | [en̻i] |
| /n͡m̻epin͡m̻i/ | [n͡m̻ebin͡m̻i] |
| /ɾat̻ako/ | [ɾad̻agʷo] |
| /kas̻a/ | [kaz̻a] |
| /maoe/ | [maoe] |
| /mes̻ot͡p̻a/ | [mez̻od͡b̻a] |
| /s̻iu/ | [s̻iu] |
| /n͡m̻aɾe/ | [n͡m̻aɾe] |
| /n͡mii/ | [n͡mii] |
| /puie/ | [puie] |
| /t̻epi/ | [t̻ebi] |
| /ɾuin̻e/ | [ɾuin̻e] |
| /n̻afepi/ | [n̻avebi] |
| /mika/ | [miga] |
| /t̻it̻ea/ | [t̻id̻ea] |
| /kos̻ixa/ | [kʷoz̻iɣa] |
| /papos̻a/ | [paboz̻a] |
| /t͡p̻eɾoɾe/ | [t͡p̻eɾoɾe] |
| /pos͡f̻o/ | [poz͡v̻o] |
| /an̻exe/ | [an̻eɣe] |
| /n̻ipet̻et͡p̻e/ | [n̻ibed̻ed͡b̻e] |
| /n̻ipa/ | [n̻iba] |
| /it̻a/ | [id̻a] |
| /paeko/ | [paegʷo] |
| /peka/ | [pega] |
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