Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
kg
q
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
x
·
h
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Phonological Rules

/k/ → [q] / _a, _o (velar shifts to uvular before back vowels)
/s/ → [z] / V_V (s becomes voiced z between vowels)
/n/ → [ŋ] / _k, _g (n becomes ng before velars)
/ʔ/ → [] / _# (glottal stop drops at the end of words)