Phonology[]
Consonant Phonemes | ||||||||||
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Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Radical | |||||
Nasals | m | n | (ɲ) | (ŋ) | ||||||
Plosives | p b pʰ | t d tʰ | c ɟ cʰ | k g kʰ | ||||||
Fricatives | f ʋ | θ ð | s | ʃ | ɕ ʝ | x ɣ | h | |||
Continuants | β | rʲ | lʲ | j | rˠ | ʟ | wʲ | ʕ | ||
Affricates | ts dz tsʰ | tʃ dʒ tʃʰ | (ks gz ksʰ) |
Vowel Phonemes | ||||||
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Front | Central | Back | ||||
High | i y | i: y: | ɨ | ɨ: | u | u: |
Mid-High | e ø | e: ø: | o | o: | ||
Mid-Low | ɛ: | ɔ: | ||||
Low | a | a: |