Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ɕʑ | çʝ | · | χʁ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | · | tɕdʑ | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ʉ | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | eø | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
(C)(C)V(V)(C)/eʉ/ -> [ø] (diphthong tends to collapse into ø) /ei/ -> [æɪ] (dipthong) /ʉi/ -> [yɪ] (diphthong) /ɑʉ/ -> [æʉ] (dipthong) /ʉm/ -> [ʊ̃] / _# (nasalization) /im/ -> [iʊ̃] / _# (nasal diphtong) /em/ -> [eʊ̃] / _# (nasal diphthong) /eʉm/ -> [øʊ̃] / _# (nasal diphthong) /ɑm/ -> [æʊ̃] / _# (nasal diphthong) /ɕ/ -> [sː] / _ː (gemination causes palatals to become sibilarized) /p/ -> [fː] / _ː (gemination causes bilabials to become fricatives) /b/ -> [vː] / _ː (gemination causes bilabials to become fricatives) /k/ -> [tɕː] / _ː (gemination causes velars to become palatalized) /g/ -> [dʑː] / _ː (gemination causes velars to become palatalized) /h/ -> [çː] / _ː (gemination causes glottal h to become palatalized) /p/ -> [f] / _# (fricative word final) /b/ -> [v] / _# (fricative word final) /k/ -> [tɕ] / _# (palatalized word final) /g/ -> [dʑ] / _# (palatalized word final) /h/ -> [ç] / _# (palatalized word final)
Distribution of phonemes across 53 transcribed dictionary entries (131 total tokens)