| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | ||
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |||
| Close-mid | e /e/ | ə /ə/ | ɵ /ɵ/ | o /o/ | |
| Open-mid | ɛ /ɛ/ | ʌ /ʌ/ | ɔ /ɔ/ | ||
| Open | æ /æ/ | a /a/ | œ /ɒ̈/ | ɐ /ɑ/ | y /ɒ/ |
/ə/ appears only in medial positions.[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||
| Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | k /k/ | q /ʔ/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | g /ɡ/ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f /ɸ/ | s /s/ | ʃ /ʃ/ | x /x/ | h /h/ |
| voiced | v /β/ | z /z/ | ʒ /ʒ/ | ɣ /ɣ/ | ||
| Trill | ʋ /ʙ/ | r /r/ | ||||
| Approximant | j /j/ | w /w/ | ||||
| Lateral | voiceless | t /ɬ/ | c /ʟ̝̊/ | |||
| voiced | d /ɮ/ | l /ʟ̝/ | ||||
/r/ has several allophones: word-initially, it is [l], after /n/ it is [d], [r] intervocalically, and [t] or [ɺ] word-finally. /h/ becomes [ç] before /i/ and [ɸ] before /u/. Stops are voiced when following nasal consonants.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Laycock (1965:116)