Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | s | ç | xɣ | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ʉ | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ʌɔ |
| Near-open | æ | ɐ | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
/n/ → [ŋ] / _k /n/ → [ŋ] / _g /ʉ/ → [ʊ] / C_C /t/ → [ç] / _j /j/ → [] / t_ /j/ → [j̊] / s_ /l/ → [l̥] / f_ /i/ → [ɪ] / _n /y/ → [ʏ] / _n /ɾ/ → [ɾ̥] / h_ /l/ → [l̥] / h_ /n/ → [n̥] / h_ /m/ → [m̥] / h_ /s/ → [z] / V_V /e/ → [ɛ] / C_V /o/ → [ɔ] / C_V /ø/ → [œ] / C_V /i/ → [j] / V_ /i/ → [j] / V_C /u/ → [w] / V_ /u/ → [w] / V_C /l/ → [ɫ] / __ /g/ → [ɣ] / V_V /ɑ/ → [ɐ] / C_C /ɑ/ → [ɐ] / V_C /ɑ/ → [ɐ] / V_ /e/ → [ə] / CC_C /æ/ → [ə] / CC_C /i/ → [ə] / CC_C /ɾ/ → [ː] / V_C /ɾ/ → [ː] / V_