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 | | |
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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
| /fas̻es̻a/ | [faz̻ez̻a] |
| /an̻e/ | [an̻e] |
| /t̻eme/ | [t̻eme] |
| /ɾomo/ | [ɾomo] |
| /xaepi/ | [xaebi] |
| /et͡p̻i/ | [ed͡b̻i] |
| /n̻eɾin̻i/ | [n̻eɾin̻i] |
| /t̻as̻an͡m̻e/ | [t̻az̻an͡m̻e] |
| /kaxa/ | [kaɣa] |
| /maee/ | [maee] |
| /mun̻et̻a/ | [mun̻ed̻a] |
| /n̻ia/ | [n̻ia] |
| /n̻at̻u/ | [n̻ad̻u] |
| /t̻ii/ | [t̻ii] |
| /ɾaie/ | [ɾaie] |
| /pes͡f̻i/ | [pez͡v̻i] |
| /t̻ais̻e/ | [t̻aiz̻e] |
| /s̻an̻eɾi/ | [s̻an̻eɾi] |
| /mika/ | [miga] |
| /pipeo/ | [pibeo] |
| /kexifa/ | [keɣiva] |
| /s͡f̻aɾexo/ | [s͡f̻aɾeɣʷo] |
| /t̻et̻et̻e/ | [t̻ed̻ed̻e] |
| /ɾexe/ | [ɾeɣe] |
| /os̻efu/ | [oz̻evu] |
| /n͡m̻iɾepet̻e/ | [n͡m̻iɾebed̻e] |
| /s̻iɾa/ | [s̻iɾa] |
| /ipa/ | [iba] |
| /ɾaeke/ | [ɾaege] |
| /ɾeka/ | [ɾega] |
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