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
| /pan̻ifa/ | [pan̻iva] |
| /eɾe/ | [eɾe] |
| /t̻et̻e/ | [t̻ed̻e] |
| /mes̻e/ | [mez̻e] |
| /paexa/ | [paeɣa] |
| /in̻a/ | [in̻a] |
| /ɾimoɾa/ | [ɾimoɾa] |
| /t̻efan̻e/ | [t̻evan̻e] |
| /kuɾa/ | [kʷuɾa] |
| /t̻aei/ | [t̻aei] |
| /t͡p̻iɾexa/ | [t͡p̻iɾeɣa] |
| /ɾoa/ | [ɾoa] |
| /ɾet̻i/ | [ɾed̻i] |
| /xao/ | [xao] |
| /kaoi/ | [kaoi] |
| /fimo/ | [fimo] |
| /t̻aofe/ | [t̻aove] |
| /n̻amiko/ | [n̻amigʷo] |
| /s̻aka/ | [s̻aga] |
| /xafie/ | [xavie] |
| /ken͡man͡m̻u/ | [ken͡man͡m̻u] |
| /memepe/ | [memebe] |
| /xit̻et̻i/ | [xid̻ed̻i] |
| /mepe/ | [mebe] |
| /en̻ipi/ | [en̻ibi] |
| /n̻omixixi/ | [n̻omiɣiɣi] |
| /fome/ | [fome] |
| /axe/ | [aɣe] |
| /muin̻e/ | [muin̻e] |
| /mika/ | [miga] |
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