Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | d | · | · | · | q | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | ð | sz | ʂʐ | ç | ɣ | χ | h | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | ɻ | j | w | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |