Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | td | · | k | q | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | · | h | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | dʒ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | ɹ | · | w | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)(C)Phonological Rules
q → q / _ r → ɹ / _ j → dʒ / _ w → w / _ s → s / _ ǀ → ǀ / _ ǃ → ǃ / _ ǁ → ǁ / _ ǂ → ǂ / _ ʘ → ʘ / _ a → ä / _ ā → äː / _ e → ɛ / _ ē → ɛː / _ o → ɔ / _ ō → ɔː / _ u → u / _ ū → uː / _