Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | · | td | g | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | · | · | ʀ | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | θ | · | xɣ | · | h | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)V(C/V)/q/ → [k] / before /u/ and /ui/ /u/ → [uː] / after /f/