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==Inventory==

===Consonants===

Ll consonants are odd from European language in a few ways. For one, syllabic consonants are phonemic and common; the name of the language itself is a syllabic l, /l̩ː/. Additionally, Ll has quite a few allophones, which are distinguish below the consonant chart.

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
! colspan="11" | Consonants
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 136px; "|
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Labial
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! colspan="2" style="width: 136px; " |Alveolar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Postalveolar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Laryngeal
|-
! style="width:68px;" |<small>central</small>
! style="width:68px;" |<small>lateral</small>
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| m̥ m  m̩ 
| 
| n̥  n  n̩  nː
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style=""  |Plosive
| p   b
| 
| t   d
| 
| 
| 
| k   g
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Trill
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| ʀ
| ʜ
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
| f fː v
| θ
| s sː z
| ł ɮ
| ʃ ʃː ʒ
| 
| x
| h
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate
| 
| 
| ts tsː
| 
| tʃ dʒ
| 
| 
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Approximant
| 
| 
| ɹ
| l l̩ lː
| 
| j
| ʍ w
| 
|}

===Allophones===

/tʃ/ is an allophone of /k/ when in stressed syllables, ultimate syllables or followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /dʒ/ is an allophone of /g/ when in stressed syllables. /z/ is an allophone of /s/ when in stressed syllables. /ɮ/ is an allophone of /ɬ/ when in stressed syllables. /ʒ/ is an allophone of /g/ when in ultimate syllables. /ʃ/ is an allophone of /h/ when in ultimate syllables
/ʍ/ is sometimes an allophone of /k/ before vowels. /θ/ is an allophone of /h/ when in ultimate syllables and followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /t/ is an allophone of /θ/ when followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /b/ is an allophone of /m/ when followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/
/fː/ is an allophone of /p/ when between two vowels. /ʜ/ is an allophone of /h/ when between in intial posistion.

===Vowels===
The following vowel phonemes are used:

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|-
!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| i
|
| 
|-
! Mid
| e
| 
| o
|-
! Low
|colspan="2" style="" | a
|
|}

===Diphthongs===

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|-
!
! i
! e
! o
! a
|-
! e
| ei
| 
| eo
| 
|-
! o
| oi
| oe
| 
| oa
|-
! a
| ai
| 
| ao
| 
|-
|}

==Romanization==

===Consonants===

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align:center;"
! colspan="11" | Consonants
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 136px; "|
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Labial
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! colspan="2" style="width: 136px; " |Alveolar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Postalveolar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Laryngeal
|-
! style="width:68px;" |<small>central</small>
! style="width:68px;" |<small>lateral</small>
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| m̈ m  m
| 
| n̈   n  n  nn
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style=""  |Plosive
| p   b
| 
| t   d
| 
| 
| 
| k   g
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Trill
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| rr
| hh
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
| f ff v
| th
| s sc z
| lh lh
| sh sch zh
| 
| x
| h
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate
| 
| 
| ts tch
| 
| kh gh
| 
| 
| 
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Approximant
| 
| 
| r
| l l ll
| 
| j
| ẅ w
| 
|}

===Vowels===

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|-
!
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| i
|
| 
|-
! Mid
| e
| 
| o
|-
! Low
|colspan="2" style="" | a
|
|}

===Diphthongs===

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;"
|-
!
! i
! e
! o
! a
|-
! e
| ae
| 
| eo
| 
|-
! o
| oy
| oe
| 
| oi
|-
! a
| y
| 
| ao
| 
|-
|}