Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
14 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | s | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪʏ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phonological Rules
/t/ → [d] / e_V /t/ → [d] / u_V /t/ → [d] / á_V /t/ → [d] / é_V /t/ → [d] / í_V /t/ → [d] / ý_V /t/ → [d] / ǿ_V /t/ → [d] / ei_V /t/ → [d] / oi_V /t/ → [d] / yi_V /t/ → [d] / øi_V /k/ → [g] / a_V /k/ → [g] / e_V /k/ → [g] / ø_V /k/ → [g] / á_V /k/ → [g] / é_V /k/ → [g] / í_V /k/ → [g] / ý_V /k/ → [g] / ǿ_V /k/ → [g] / ai_V /k/ → [g] / au_V /k/ → [g] / ei_V /k/ → [g] / oi_V /k/ → [g] / ui_V /k/ → [g] / yi_V /k/ → [g] / øi_V