Phonemic inventory

Consonants
Bilabial-palatalBilabial-velarBilabialAlveolarPalatoalv.
sibilant /
palatal
VelarGlottal
Nasalɲ͡mŋ͡mmnɲŋ
Prenasalised stopɲ͡mc͡pʰɲ͡mc͡pɲ͡mɟ͡bŋ͡mk͡pʰŋ͡mk͡pŋ͡mg͡bmmpmbnntndnt͡ʃʰnt͡ʃnd͡ʒŋŋkŋg
Stopc͡pʰc͡pɟ͡bk͡pʰk͡pg͡bpbtdt͡ʃʰt͡ʃd͡ʒkgʔ
Prenasalised fricativensnznʃnʒ
Fricativeszʃʒh
Approximantlj

Vowels
FrontBack
Highiu
Lowɑɑ̰

Syllable structure

(C1)V(C2)

C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: one of /ɲ͡m ŋ͡m m n ŋ ɲ͡mc͡pʰ ɲ͡mɟ͡b ŋ͡mk͡pʰ ŋ͡mg͡b mmb nnd ŋŋg c͡pʰ c͡p k͡pʰ k͡p pʰ p tʰ t kʰ k ʔ nz s h l j/