Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | cɟ | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | · | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | çʝ | xɣ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tsdz | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | ʎ | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
/n/ → [ŋ] / _g /n/ → [ŋ] / _gk /n/ → [ŋ] / _h /n/ → [ŋ] / _k /n/ → [ɲ] / _iC /l/ → [ʎ] / _iC /m/ → [ɱ] / _f /m/ → [ɱ] / _w /t/ → [t͡sʲ] / _e /t/ → [t͡sʲ] / _i /t/ → [t͡sʲ] / _y /d/ → [d͡zʲ] / _e /d/ → [d͡zʲ] / _i /d/ → [d͡zʲ] / _y /ɣ/ → [ʝ] / _e /ɣ/ → [ʝ] / _i /ɣ/ → [ʝ] / _y /g/ → [ɟ] / _e /g/ → [ɟ] / _i /g/ → [ɟ] / _y /x/ → [ç] / _e /x/ → [ç] / _i /x/ → [ç] / _y /k/ → [c] / _e /k/ → [c] / _i /k/ → [c] / _y