The language does not distinguish between long and short vowels and does not have vowel harmony.
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal |
Palatal | Velar | ||||
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plain | lat. | plain | lat. | |||||||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | c | k | |||||
voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t̪θ | t͡s | t͡ʃ | t͡ɕ | |||||
voiced | d̪ð | d͡z | d͡ʒ | d͡ʑ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | ɬ | ʃ | ɕ | ç | ʎ̝̊ | x |
voiced | v | ð | z | ɮ | ʒ | ʑ | ʝ | ʎ̝ | ɣ | |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
Approximant | ʋ | ɹ | l | ɹ̠ | j | ʎ | ɰ | |||
Trill | ʙ | r |
The consonants /f x t͡s/ are restricted to loanwords, and are traditionally replaced by /p k t͡ɕ/ respectively.
Front | Central | Back | |||||
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Unrounded | Round | Unrounded | Round | Unrounded | Round | ||
Close | i | y | ɨ | ɯ | u | ||
Close-mid | ɪ | ʏ | ɵ | ʊ | |||
Mid | e | ø | ə | ɤ | o | ||
Open-mid | ɛ | œ | ɜ | ɞ | ʌ | ɔ | |
Open | æ | a | ɶ | ɑ | ɒ |