Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | cɟ | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | v | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | hɦ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |