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 [n͡m̻ˠ n̻ˠ t̻ˠ ...] before a velar obstruent.
- Alveolar consonants other than [ɾ], i.e. [n͡m̻ n̻ t̻ˠ ...], 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 t̻ˠ f ...] become voiced [d͡b̻ d̻ˠ 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 d͡b̻ˠ s͡f̻ˠ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n͡m̥̻ n͡m n̥̻ˠ ...] 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
| /s̻en̻in̻a/ | [s̻en̻in̻a] |
| /eɾo/ | [eɾo] |
| /s͡f̻oke/ | [s͡f̻oge] |
| /meke/ | [mege] |
| /s̻aoxa/ | [s̻aoɣa] |
| /it̻a/ | [id̻a] |
| /ɾimuɾa/ | [ɾimuɾa] |
| /xen̻at̻o/ | [xen̻ad̻o] |
| /pefe/ | [peve] |
| /keoi/ | [keoi] |
| /n͡miɾoxa/ | [n͡miɾoɣa] |
| /t͡p̻ua/ | [t͡p̻ua] |
| /ɾexi/ | [ɾeɣi] |
| /xau/ | [xau] |
| /maui/ | [maui] |
| /n̻imu/ | [n̻imu] |
| /kaun̻o/ | [kaun̻o] |
| /t̻amima/ | [t̻amima] |
| /kapa/ | [kaba] |
| /xan̻ie/ | [xan̻ie] |
| /pefas̻e/ | [pevaz̻e] |
| /memofe/ | [memove] |
| /xikoki/ | [xigʷogi] |
| /mofe/ | [move] |
| /en̻is̻i/ | [en̻iz̻i] |
| /t̻amin̻ixi/ | [t̻amin̻iɣi] |
| /n̻ume/ | [n̻ume] |
| /axe/ | [aɣe] |
| /meit̻o/ | [meid̻o] |
| /mipa/ | [miba] |
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