Phonology
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Consonants (11)
Plosives
/p/ - voiceless bilabial plosive
/t/ - voiceless alveolar plosive
/k/ - voiceless velar plosive
Nasals
/m/ - voiced bilabial nasal
/n/ - voiced alveolar nasal
/ŋ/ - voiced velar nasal
Fricative
/s/ - voiceless alveolar sibilant
Glottal
/h/ - voiceless glottal fricative
Affricate
/d͡ʒ/ - voiced postalveolar affricate
Liquid
/r/ - voiced alveolar trill
Allophony
/k/ → [g] intervocalically and post-nasally.
No other phonemic voicing contrasts.
Vowel Nuclei (8)
Monomoraic (binary register: High/Low)
/a/
/i/
/o/
/u/
Contour nuclei (toneless)
/oi/
/oa/
/ui/
/ja/
Double and triple vowel sequences represent diphthongs and triphthongs, not length.
Syllable Structure
Canonical template:
(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)
Maximum syllable weight: CVVCCC.
No obligatory codas.
Clusters are allowed in both onset and coda positions.
Prosody
Monomoraic vowels carry a binary register (High vs Low).
Contour nuclei are toneless.
Mora count is phonologically relevant.