Phonemic inventory
Consonants
| | Bilabial | | Alveolar | | Alveolar sibilant | | Velar |
| Nasal | | m | | n | | | | ŋ |
| Stop | | p | | t | | t͡s | | k |
| Fricative | | | | | | s | | |
| Tap | | | | ɾ | | | | |
| Approximant | | | | l | | | | w |
Vowels
| | Front | | Central | | Back |
| High | | i | iː | | | | | u | uː |
| Mid-low | | ɛ | ɛː | | | | | ɔ | ɔː |
| Low | | | | | a | aː | | | |
Syllable structure
(C1)V(C2)
C1: a consonant
V: a vowel
C2: a consonant
Allophony
- Front vowels [i iː ɛ ɛː] become central [ɨ ɨː ɜ ɜː] after a consonant.
- Nasals [m n ŋ] persistently become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent or nasal. Word-finally, nasals are deleted.
- Non-back vowels [i ɨː ɜ ...] become rounded [y ʉː ɞ ...] after a rounded semivowel. Low vowels become back.
- Consonants [m p s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent or nasal. After a nasal, [s] become [d͡z].
- Before a front high vowel, alveolar consonants other than approximants become non-pharyngeal unrounded alveopalatal laminal; [d d͡z ɾ] become [t͡ɕ t͡ɕ t͡ɕ]; [t] become [t͡ɕ]; taps become non-pharyngeal unrounded alveopalatal laminal obstruents or nasals; approximant laterals become non-pharyngeal unrounded non-coronal palatal semivowels; [n̥ l̥] become [ṉʲ j].
- Unrounded consonants [m̥ p t͡ɕ ...] become rounded [mʷ̥ pʷ t͡ɕʷ ...] before a rounded semivowel. [j] become [w].
- After a rounded vowel or semivowel, [j] become [w]. After a vowel or semivowel, [w̥ w] are deleted.
- Consonants [m̥ b t͡ɕʷ ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent or nasal. Before a voiced stop or nasal, fricatives become stops or nasals.
- Coronal consonants other than [ṉʲ nʷ̱ʲ t͡ɕ t͡ɕʷ ɕ ɕʷ], i.e. [n̥ tʷ sʷ ...], assimilate in anteriority and retroflexion to a following obstruent sibilant. Before an alveolar obstruent sibilant, laminal stops or nasals become palatoalveolar; [d͡ʑ d͡ʑʷ] become [t͡ɕ t͡ɕʷ]; [ṉ̥ʲ nʷ̱̥ʲ] become [ṉʲ nʷ̱ʲ]. Before an alveopalatal obstruent, taps become obstruents or nasals; non-affricate stops become affricate sibilants; [ɾ ɾʷ] become [t͡ʃ̺ t͡ʃ̺ʷ]; [l̥ lʷ̥] become [j w]; [l] become [j]; [lʷ] become [w].
- [m mʷ n nʷ b bʷ d dʷ d͡z d͡zʷ d͡ʑ d͡ʑʷ d͡ʒ̺ d͡ʒ̺ʷ] become taps between a vowel or resonant and a vowel or resonant. Palatoalveolar affricates become obstruents; bilabial stops or nasals become non-bilabial velar semivowels; palatoalveolar affricates become voiceless; [m b] become [w̃ w].
Some words
| /tut͡smaːs/ | [tut͡sm̥aːs] |
| /puːɾt͡sɔ/ | [puːɾ̥t͡sɔ] |
| /t͡su/ | [t͡su] |
| /lupmɔː/ | [lupm̥ɔː] |
| /sɛtɔt/ | [sɜtɔt] |
| /t͡sɛtwu/ | [t͡sɜtʷw̥u] |
| /tɛku/ | [tɜku] |
| /laːpsaɾ/ | [laːpsaɾ] |
| /lut͡sɾaːt/ | [lut͡sɾ̥aːt] |
| /nataː/ | [nataː] |
| /kɔɾap/ | [kɔɾap] |
| /lɔtɛː/ | [lɔtɜː] |
| /kuɾsu/ | [kuɾ̥su] |
| /kɛppusɔ/ | [kɜppusɔ] |
| /ŋɔːŋu/ | [ŋɔːŋu] |
| /ŋut͡s/ | [ŋut͡s] |
| /ɾɔːt͡skɛ/ | [ɾɔːt͡skɜ] |
| /t͡sɔt͡snɔt/ | [t͡sɔt͡sn̥ɔt] |
| /lɛmu/ | [lɜw̃u] |
| /saltɛt/ | [sal̥tɜt] |
| /ta/ | [ta] |
| /niːlɔ/ | [nɨːlɔ] |
| /sut͡st͡sik/ | [sut͡st͡sɨk] |
| /tapak/ | [tapak] |
| /ɾiniː/ | [ɾɨɾ̃ɨː] |
| /muːt͡sɾɔ/ | [muːt͡sɾ̥ɔ] |
| /ɾaːɾt͡sɔ/ | [ɾaːɾ̥t͡sɔ] |
| /lut͡sɔ/ | [lut͡sɔ] |
| /nut͡sɔ/ | [nut͡sɔ] |
| /ɾɔluː/ | [ɾɔluː] |
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