Phonemic inventory

Consonants
Bilabial-palatalBilabial-velarBilabialAlveolarPalatoalv.
sibilant /
palatal
VelarGlottal
Nasalɲ͡mŋ͡mmnɲŋ
Prenasalised stopɲc͡mpʰɲc͡mpɲɟ͡mbŋk͡mpʰŋk͡mpŋg͡mbmpʰmpmbntʰntndnt͡ʃʰnt͡ʃnd͡ʒŋkʰŋkŋg
Stopc͡pʰc͡pɟ͡bk͡pʰk͡pg͡bpʰpbtʰtdt͡ʃʰt͡ʃd͡ʒkʰkgʔ
Prenasalised fricativensnznʃnʒ
Fricativeszʃʒh
Approximantlj

Vowels
FrontBack
Highiḭuṵ
Lowɑɑ̰

Syllable structure

(C1)V(C2)

C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: one of /ɲ͡m ŋ͡m m n ŋ ɲc͡mpʰ ɲɟ͡mb ŋk͡mpʰ ŋg͡mb mpʰ mb ntʰ nd ŋkʰ ŋg c͡pʰ c͡p k͡pʰ k͡p pʰ p tʰ t kʰ k ʔ nz s h l j/