Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
24 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | xɣ | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/m, n, ŋ/ → [ᵐ, ⁿ, ᵑ] / _{p, b, t, d, k, g}
/m, n/ → [m̠, n̠] / _#
/p, t, k, q/ → [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, qʰ] / #_
/b, d, g, ɢ/ → [β, ð, ɣ, ʁ] / V_V
/f, s, ʃ, χ/ → [v, z, ʒ, ʁ] / V_V
/h/ → [ɦ] / V_V
/ts, tʃ/ → [tsʰ, tʃʰ] / #_
/dz, dʒ/ → [z, ʒ] / V_V
/w, j/ → [w̯, j̯] / V_
/uw/ → [uː]
/ij/ → [iː]