Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | c | kɡ | · | · | |||||
| Nasal | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ʃ | ç | ɣ | χ | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | j | w | · | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
CCCVCCC, (C)V(C), CV, VC, V, VCV, CVC, CVCC, CVCCV, VCVVC, CCVCC, CCCVVV, VVVCCC, CVVCVVCV, CVV, VCVC, CVCVDistribution of phonemes across 14 transcribed dictionary entries (24 total tokens)