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 nˠ̥̻ ...] 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
| /xemime/ | [xemime] |
| /en͡m̻o/ | [en͡m̻o] |
| /pon̻o/ | [pon̻o] |
| /ken̻o/ | [ken̻o] |
| /xeiɾa/ | [xeiɾa] |
| /ima/ | [ima] |
| /n͡m̻ikat͡p̻a/ | [n͡m̻igad͡b̻a] |
| /pemefo/ | [pemevo] |
| /t̻es̻e/ | [t̻ez̻e] |
| /s͡f̻eii/ | [s͡f̻eii] |
| /n̻us̻opa/ | [n̻uz̻oba] |
| /s̻aa/ | [s̻aa] |
| /n͡m̻epu/ | [n͡m̻ebu] |
| /paa/ | [paa] |
| /kaai/ | [kaai] |
| /mika/ | [miga] |
| /paami/ | [paami] |
| /mekika/ | [megiga] |
| /n̻at̻a/ | [n̻ad̻a] |
| /ɾamio/ | [ɾamio] |
| /t̻os̻axe/ | [t̻oz̻aɣe] |
| /kekos̻e/ | [kegʷoz̻e] |
| /ɾipopi/ | [ɾibobi] |
| /kixo/ | [kiɣʷo] |
| /emixu/ | [emiɣʷu] |
| /fakiɾipi/ | [fagiɾibi] |
| /make/ | [mage] |
| /aɾe/ | [aɾe] |
| /keifi/ | [keivi] |
| /kit̻a/ | [kid̻a] |
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