Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | c | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ʀ | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | · | · | χ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | ʎ | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
(C)(C)V(C)(C)V → Vː / _C₀# — vowel lengthening before word-final consonant clusters (pre-sonorant context) /c/ → [tʃ] / _V[−high] — palatal stop affrication before non-high vowels (colloquial) /ʀ/ → [χ] / _[-voice,-cont] — uvular trill devoicing/spirantisation before voiceless obstruents /n/ → [ŋ] / _[+velar] — nasal place assimilation (obligatory)