Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Laminal labial-alveolar | | Labiodental-retroflex | | Bilabial-palatal | | Bilabial-velar | | Labial | | Laminal alveolar | | Laminal alveolar sibilant | | Retroflex | | Palatoalv. sibilant / palatal | | Velar | | Glottal |
Nasal | | | n͡m̻ | | | | | | ɲ͡m | | | | | | m | | | n̻ | | | | | | | | | ɲ | | | | | | |
Stop | | t͡p̻ | d͡b̻ | | | | | | | | k͡p | g͡b | | p | b | | t̻ | d̻ | | t͡s̻ | d͡z̻ | | | | | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | | k | g | | ʔ | |
Fricative | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | s̻ | z̻ | | | | | ʃ | ʒ | | | | | h | |
Tap | | | ɾ͡ʙ̪̻̆ | | | ɽ͡ʙ̪̆ | | | | | | | | | | | | ɾ̻ | | | | | | ɽ | | | | | | | | | |
Approximant | | | l͡ʋ̻ | | | ɭ͡ʋ | | | | | | | | | ʋ | | | l̻ | | | | | | ɭ | | | | | | | | | |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
High | | i | | | | u |
Mid-low | | ɛ | | | | ɔ |
Low | | æ | | a | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: one of /n͡m̻ m n̻ t͡p̻ k͡p p t̻ k ʔ s̻ h ɾ͡ʙ̪̻̆ ɾ̻ l͡ʋ̻ ʋ l̻/
Allophony
- Obstruents [t͡p̻ t̻ t͡ʃ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following non-nasal consonant other than a resonant.
- Voiceless stops [t͡p̻ p k ...] persistently become aspirated [t͡pʰ̻ pʰ kʰ ...] before a glottal fricative.
- Consonants [n͡m̻ b s̻ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding consonant other than a resonant. After a voiceless consonant, nasals become non-nasal. After a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated; [ʔ] are deleted.
- Consonants [n͡m̻ d̻ ɾ͡ʙ̪̥̻̆ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal and become voiceless word-finally. Before a voiceless obstruent or pause, nasals become non-nasal. Before a voiced obstruent or nasal, aspirated consonants become unaspirated; [ʔ] are deleted.
- Aspirated stops [t͡pʰ̻ pʰ kʰ ...] become unaspirated [t͡p̻ p k ...].
- Coronal consonants [n͡m̻ t͡ʃʰ ɾ̥̻ ...] persistently assimilate in anteriority and retroflexion to a following obstruent sibilant. Before a palatoalveolar obstruent sibilant, [t͡pʰ̻ t͡p̻ d͡b̻] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̥̱̆ ɾ͡ʙ̪̥̱̆ ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆]; [tʰ̻ t̻ d̻] become [t͡ʃʰ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ].
- Non-sibilant coronal coronal stops or nasals [n͡m̻ ṉ d͡b̻ ...] are persistently deleted between an obstruent or nasal and a stop.
- Obstruents [t͡pʰ̻ p t͡sʰ̻ ...] persistently become glottalised [t͡pʼ̻ pʼ t͡sʼ̻ ...] before a non-nasal glottal stop. Aspirated stops become unaspirated; voiced obstruents other than obstruent sibilants become implosives; [d͡z̻ d͡ʒ] become [z̰̻ ʒ̰].
- (191) Creaky-voiced obstruents other than stops [z̰̻ ʒ̰] persistently become non-glottalised non-nasal implosive fricatives [z˂̻ ʒ˂].
- Implosive fricatives [z˂̻ ʒ˂] persistently become resonants [ɾ̻ ɾ̱].
- Ejective fricatives [sʼ̻ ʃʼ] become affricates [t͡sʼ̻ t͡ʃʼ].
- Non-ejective voiced vowels and non-glottal stop voiced consonants other than palatoalveolar taps [n͡m̻ d͡z̻ ɭ͡ʋ ...] become creaky-voiced [ɗ͡ɓ̻ z̰̻ ɗ͡ɓ̢ ...] before a creaky-voiced obstruent. Sonorants become non-glottalised; stops other than obstruent sibilants become implosive; nasals become non-nasal; palatoalveolar approximant laterals become non-lateral taps; [l̻ l ɭ] become [ɗ̻ ɗ ɗ̢]; [l͡ʋ̻ l͡ʋ ɭ͡ʋ] become [ɗ͡ɓ̻ ɗ͡ɓ ɗ͡ɓ̢]; labiodental taps become bilabial stops or nasals; non-labial taps become obstruents or nasals; affricates become fricatives; [n͡m̱ ṉ] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆ ɾ̱]; [ʋ] become [ɓ].
- Palatal stops or nasals [ɲ͡m ɟ͡b ʄ͡ɓ ...] become alveopalatal [n͡mʲ̱ ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆ ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆ ...] before a palatoalveolar obstruent or nasal. Implosives become non-front resonants; non-implosive non-bilabial stops become affricates; [ʄ͡ɓ̰ ʄ̰] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆ ɾ̱]; [ʄ͡ɓ] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆]; [c͡p ɟ͡b] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̥̱̆ ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆]; [c͡pʼ] become [ɕ͡fʼ].
- Unaspirated obstruents [t͡p̻ kʼ d͡z̻ ...] assimilate in voice to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than a resonant. After a voiced obstruent, ejective obstruents other than obstruent sibilants become implosive; [t͡sʼ̻ t͡ʃʼ] become [z̰̻ ʒ̰]; [ɕ͡fʼ] become [ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̆]; [t͡ɕʼ] become [ɾ̱]. After a voiceless consonant other than a resonant, implosive obstruents become non-implosive.
- Palatoalveolar stops or nasals [n͡m̱ nʲ̱ d͡ʒ ...] become non-affricate non-coronal palatal [ɲ͡m ɲ ɟ ...] before a palatal stop or nasal.
- Non-retroflex coronal consonants [n͡m̻ t͡ʃʰ ɾ͡ʙ̪̱̺̥̆ ...] persistently become retroflex [ɳ͡m̻ ʈ͡ʂ̻ʰ ɽ͡ʙ̪̥̆ ...] after a retroflex consonant. Alveopalatal obstruents or nasals become non-front.
- Nasals [n͡m̻ n͡mʲ̱ ɳ̻ ...] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal.
- [ɲ͡m ɲ ŋ c͡p c͡pʼ ɟ͡b cʰ c cʼ ɟ kʰ k kʼ g ʄ͡ɓ ʄ͡ɓ̰ ʄ ʄ̰ ɠ̰] become rounded after a high rounded vowel. Bilabial stops or nasals become unrounded; non-bilabial palatal stops or nasals become velar; bilabial stops or nasals become velar.
- Rule (191) becomes inactive.
- Obstruents [t͡pʰ̻ c t͡sʰ̻ ...] persistently assimilate in glottalisation to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than a resonant. After a glottalised consonant, aspirated stops become unaspirated; non-implosive non-affricate voiced stops become implosive; [d͡z̻ d͡ʒ] become [z̰̻ ʒ̰]; [ɖ͡ʐ̻] become [ɽ̻̰]; [d͡ʑ] become [ɾ̱].
- Creaky-voiced consonants other than implosive obstruents [z̰̻ ʐ̻̰ ʒ̰ ɽ̻̰] persistently become non-glottalised [z̻ ʐ̻ ʒ ɽ̻].
- Before a coronal approximant, taps become non-coronal approximants; non-labial voiceless taps become glottal fricatives; labiodental-retroflex taps become non-retroflex non-coronal approximants; [ɽ̻̰] become [ʔ].
- Non-back vowels [i ɛ æ̰ ...] become rounded [y œ œ̰ ...] after a rounded stop or nasal. Low vowels become non-low.
- Coronal consonants [n͡m̻ ɗ̻ ɾ͡ʙ̪̥̆ ...] persistently assimilate in laminality to a following coronal consonant. Before an apical consonant, [ɽ̻̰] become [ɗ̢].
Some words
/s̻æk͡pæ/ | [s̻æk͡pæ] |
/bɔhk͡pa/ | [bɔhk͡pa] |
/hɔs̻i/ | [hɔs̻i] |
/buk͡pum/ | [buk͡pup] |
/ʋas̻a/ | [ʋas̻a] |
/hɔkih/ | [hɔkih] |
/t͡p̻ɔt̻ʋu/ | [t͡p̻ɔt̻ʋ̥u] |
/t͡ʃiɾ͡ʙ̪̻̆u/ | [t͡ʃiɾ͡ʙ̪̻̆u] |
/ʋud̻ɛh/ | [ʋud̻ɛh] |
/d͡z̻it͡s̻ɛ/ | [d͡z̻it͡s̻ɛ] |
/pɛi/ | [pɛi] |
/hɛt̻gɛh/ | [hɛd̻gɛh] |
/d͡ʒi/ | [d͡ʒi] |
/bɛht͡s̻ut̻/ | [bɛht͡s̻ut̻] |
/ʋipus̻/ | [ʋipus̻] |
/kihk͡pu/ | [kihk͡pu] |
/ɛba/ | [ɛba] |
/d̻ut̻t͡s̻u/ | [d̻ut̻t͡s̻u] |
/d͡ʒit͡p̻d͡z̻i/ | [d͡ʒid͡b̻d͡z̻i] |
/il̻u/ | [il̻u] |
/l̻uk͡pi/ | [l̻uk͡pi] |
/uæ/ | [uæ] |
/hid͡ʒu/ | [hid͡ʒu] |
/d͡b̻ugɛh/ | [d͡b̻ugʷœh] |
/k͡pimi/ | [k͡pimi] |
/g͡bihik/ | [g͡bihik] |
/ɽuz̻u/ | [ɽuz̻u] |
/gɛɔ/ | [gɛɔ] |
/hihk͡pu/ | [hihk͡pu] |
/giʋʋiʋ/ | [giʋʋiʋ̥] |
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