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==Introduction==

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==Phonology==

===Consonants===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|colspan="2"|
!colspan="2"|Bilabial
!colspan="2"|Labio-dental
!colspan="2"|Dental
!colspan="2"|Alveolar
!colspan="2"|Post-alveolar
!colspan="2"|Palatal
!colspan="2"|Velar
!colspan="2"|Uvular
!colspan="2"|Glottal
|-
!colspan="2"| Nasal
|colspan="2"| m
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| n
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| ɲ
|colspan="2"| ŋ
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|-
!colspan="2"| Plosive
|colspan="2"| p b
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| t̚ tʰ t d
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| k g
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|-
!colspan="2"| Fricative
|colspan="2"| ɸ β
|colspan="2"| f v
|colspan="2"| θ ð
|colspan="2"| s z
|colspan="2"| ʃ ʒ ɧ̙ʷ
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| χ ʁ
|colspan="2"| h
|-
!colspan="2"|Approximant
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| j
|colspan="2"| w
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|-
!colspan="2"|Flap
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| (ɾ)
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"|
|-
!colspan="2"|Lateral approx.
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| l
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|-
!colspan="2"|Prenasalized occlusive
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| (ᵑg)
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"| 
|}

===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2"|
! colspan="2"|Front
! colspan="2"|Central
! colspan="2"|Back
|-
!colspan="2"|Close
|colspan="2"|i y
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|u
|-
!colspan="2"|Close-mid
|colspan="2"|e (ø)
|colspan="2"| 
|colspan="2"|o
|-
!colspan="2"|Open-mid
|colspan="2"|(ɛ) (œ) ɛ̃ 
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"|ɔ ɔ̃
|-
!colspan="2"|Open
|colspan="2"|
|colspan="2"| ä
|colspan="2"| ɑ̃
|}

Notes :
<poem>
It is very likely that some phonemes or graphemes that do not appear explicitly in the associated documentation were nonetheless meant to be included. These would be :
The phoneme /ɛ/, which is not mentioned explicitly but is probably the reason the grapheme <Ê ê> appears in the alphabet.
The phoneme /ø/ or /œ/ is also not mentioned explicitly, and there is no grapheme either, but the presence of a ";" shows that it was probably meant to be included. However, this is only very indirect evidence.
In a similar way, there is reason to believe that the phoneme /ɲ/ is included, and corresponds to the explicitly mentioned grapheme <Ñ ñ> ; meanwhile, the phoneme /ᵑg/ is only evidenced by a ";".
The flap /ɾ/ is indirectly mentioned by its inclusion in the syllable /bɾa/ corresponding to the grapheme <Ƃ ƃ>.
Some IPA symbols used in the original description are most likely to be erroneous :
The phoneme /χ/ is probably what was meant by /ħ/ ;
The notation /ɧ̙ʷ/ is the most recent agreed upon description of a phoneme that probably corresponds to what was described as /h̪/ in the original documentation.
</poem>
===Orthography===
====Alphabet====
<poem>
Y y /jo/ or /ɔj/
Æ æ /aj/ ; Æ̊ æ̊ /ja/
A a /a/
B b /b/
Q q /ʃ/
D d /d/
E e /e/ ; Ê ê /ɛ/ (''E, e ; Ê, ê ;'')
G g /g/ ; Ñ ñ /ɲ/ (''G, g ; ; Ñ, ñ'')
H h /h/
I i /i/
Ƶ ƶ /ð/ ; Ƶ̆ ƶ̆ /ʒ/
K k /k/
L l /l/
M m /m/
N n /n/
O o /o/ or /ɔ/ ; Œ œ /o/
P p /p/ ; Ƥ ƥ /ɸ/
R r /ʁ/
C c /s/ ; S s /θ/
T t /t/ ; Ŧ ŧ /t̚/ or /tʰ/ or /t/
U u /y/
V v /v/ ; F f /f/
Ƿ ƿ /wi/
Z z /z/
Ɯ ɯ /ɑ̃/ ; Ɯ̂ ɯ̂ /ɛ̃/ ; Ɯ̌ ɯ̌ /ɔ̃/
W w /u/
X x (or Ħ ħ) /χ/
Ƃ ƃ /bɾa/
Ŋ ŋ /ŋ/
Ɋ ɋ /ɧ̙ʷ/
Ƀ ƀ /β/
</poem>

====Spelling rules====
The so-called "link" is a diacritic that is used with either <nowiki><i></nowiki> and another vowel, in order to denote the approximant /j/, or <w> (or more rarely, <o>) and another vowel to denote the approximant /w/. Here are a few examples :
<poem>
i͠e /je/
o͠a /wa/
ê͠w /ɛw/

By convention :
i͠i /ji/
i͠ĭ /ij/
w͠w /wu/
w͠w̆ /uw/
w͠o ou o͠o /wo/
o͠w̆ ou o͠ŏ /ɔw/
</poem>

===Phonotactics===
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