Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
23 consonants
18 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | · | td | · | · | k | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | θ | sz | ʃʒ | ç | xɣ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | ɹ | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | ɘ | o |
| Mid | e̞ | ə | o̞ |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | ɜ | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |