Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | t | kɡ | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | x | h | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | · | ä | · |
(C)V(R)(C1) R = m,n,r C1 = Any consonant except b, d, g