Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | s | ʃ | · | h | |||||
| Affricate | · | · | tʃ | · | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)V(C)h → ˧˩˦ / V_#