Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
28 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | ʈɖ | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɳ | · | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | ʂʐ | · | xɣ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | yi | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |