Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | c | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | · | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)(C)V(C)/c/ → [t͡s] / #_ /c/ → [k] / _# /b/ → [p] / _# /d/ → [t] / _# /s/ → [z] / V_V /e/ → [ə] / non-stressed