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 n̻̥ˠ ...] 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
| /meɾiɾu/ | [meɾiɾu] |
| /en̻o/ | [en̻o] |
| /fofe/ | [fove] |
| /kepe/ | [kebe] |
| /muoxa/ | [muoɣa] |
| /it̻a/ | [id̻a] |
| /n̻ikan̻a/ | [n̻igan̻a] |
| /xeɾut̻o/ | [xeɾud̻o] |
| /s̻eme/ | [s̻eme] |
| /feoi/ | [feoi] |
| /pin̻oxa/ | [pin̻oɣa] |
| /n̻aa/ | [n̻aa] |
| /n̻en͡m̻i/ | [n̻en͡m̻i] |
| /xaa/ | [xaa] |
| /kaai/ | [kaai] |
| /ɾika/ | [ɾiga] |
| /faaɾo/ | [faaɾo] |
| /t̻un̻ika/ | [t̻un̻iga] |
| /pas̻a/ | [paz̻a] |
| /xaɾie/ | [xaɾie] |
| /kemat͡p̻e/ | [kemad͡b̻e] |
| /kekome/ | [kegʷome] |
| /xifofi/ | [xivovi] |
| /kome/ | [kʷome] |
| /et̻imi/ | [ed̻imi] |
| /t̻akixixi/ | [t̻agiɣiɣi] |
| /ɾake/ | [ɾage] |
| /axe/ | [aɣe] |
| /keit̻o/ | [keid̻o] |
| /kika/ | [kiga] |
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