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 [n͡m̻̥ d͡b̻ˠ s͡f̻ˠ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n͡m̻̥ n͡m n̻ˠ̥ ...] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- Labial obstruents or nasals [n͡m̻̥ m̥ p ...] persistently assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
Some words
| /pokika/ | [pogiga] |
| /exe/ | [eɣe] |
| /n̻eme/ | [n̻eme] |
| /n͡m̻eme/ | [n͡m̻eme] |
| /paefa/ | [paeva] |
| /ika/ | [iga] |
| /xin͡m̻uxa/ | [xin͡m̻uɣa] |
| /n̻ekat̻e/ | [n̻egad̻e] |
| /t̻oxo/ | [t̻oɣʷo] |
| /moei/ | [moei] |
| /mixen̻a/ | [miɣen̻a] |
| /xua/ | [xʷua] |
| /xen̻i/ | [xen̻i] |
| /n̻au/ | [n̻au] |
| /s̻aui/ | [s̻aui] |
| /kiɾu/ | [kiɾu] |
| /n̻auke/ | [n̻auge] |
| /kaɾis̻a/ | [kaɾiz̻a] |
| /mat̻a/ | [mad̻a] |
| /fakie/ | [fagie] |
| /s̻exapo/ | [s̻eɣabo] |
| /ɾeɾen͡me/ | [ɾeɾen͡me] |
| /n̻in̻en̻i/ | [n̻in̻en̻i] |
| /n͡m̻et͡p̻e/ | [n͡m̻ed͡b̻e] |
| /ekipi/ | [egibi] |
| /kaɾifin̻i/ | [kaɾivin̻i] |
| /kuɾe/ | [kʷuɾe] |
| /afe/ | [ave] |
| /ɾoit̻e/ | [ɾoid̻e] |
| /s̻is̻a/ | [s̻iz̻a] |
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