Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
24 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | ç | x | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | ts | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | ʎ | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/i/ → [ɪ] / __ C̥C̥
/u/ → [ʊ] / __ C̥C̥
/n/ → [ŋ] / __ {k, ɡ}
/n/ → [ɲ] / __ {j, ɲ}
/t/ → [t̚] / __ #
/k/ → [k̚] / __ #
/p/ → [p̚] / __ #