Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | χʁ | h | |||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | ɘɵ | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
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