Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
24 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | ʈɖ | · | kg | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɳ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʂʐ | · | x | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | yi | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |