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 [n͡m̻̥ d͡bˠ̻ s͡fˠ̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal.
- Non-sibilant coronal alveolar nasals [n͡m̻̥ n͡m nˠ̻̥ ...] 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
| /s̻omemu/ | [s̻omemu] |
| /in̻i/ | [in̻i] |
| /kiki/ | [kigi] |
| /xipi/ | [xibi] |
| /s̻uet͡p̻a/ | [s̻ued͡b̻a] |
| /ema/ | [ema] |
| /n̻exan̻a/ | [n̻eɣan̻a] |
| /kimut̻i/ | [kimud̻i] |
| /t̻on̻o/ | [t̻on̻o] |
| /koie/ | [kʷoie] |
| /pen̻ika/ | [pen̻iga] |
| /n̻aa/ | [n̻aa] |
| /n̻ike/ | [n̻ige] |
| /kaa/ | [kaa] |
| /xaae/ | [xaae] |
| /meɾa/ | [meɾa] |
| /kaame/ | [kaame] |
| /muɾexa/ | [muɾeɣa] |
| /pat̻a/ | [pad̻a] |
| /t͡p̻amei/ | [t͡p̻amei] |
| /xifas̻o/ | [xivaz̻o] |
| /ɾiɾifi/ | [ɾiɾivi] |
| /kekike/ | [kegige] |
| /xifi/ | [xivi] |
| /imes̻e/ | [imez̻e] |
| /t̻aɾen͡m̻eke/ | [t̻aɾen͡m̻ege] |
| /maɾi/ | [maɾi] |
| /an͡m̻i/ | [an͡m̻i] |
| /ɾoet̻i/ | [ɾoed̻i] |
| /xexa/ | [xeɣa] |
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