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 ===Phoneme Inventory===
 ====Consonants====
-Ahakqau has a total of fourteen consonants which according to WALS (the World Atlas of Language Structures) is a small inventory. The consonant inventory is notable for the presence of a lateral obstruent and an initial velar nasal.
+Ahakqau has a total of thirteen consonants which according to WALS (the World Atlas of Language Structures) is a small inventory. The consonant inventory is notable for the presence of a lateral obstruent and an initial velar nasal.
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-!  ||Bilabial||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar ||Palato-Alveolar ||Plain Velar||Labialised Velar
+!  ||Labial||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar ||Palato-Alveolar ||Velar
 |-
-| '''Voiceless Obstruent'''|| /p/|| /t/||/ɬ/||/ʃ/||/k/||
+| '''Voiceless Stop'''|| /p/|| /t/||/tɬ/||/tʃ/||/k/
 |-
-| '''Voiced Obstruent'''|| /b/|| /d/||/l/||/ʒ/||/ɡ/||/w/
+| '''Voiced Fricative'''|| /v/|| /ɹ/||/l/||/ʒ/||/ɣ/
 |-
-| '''Nasal''' || /m/|| /n/||||||/ŋ/||
+| '''Nasal''' || /m/|| /n/||||||/ŋ/
 |}
-NOTE: While /l, w/ are not phonetically obstruents, phonologically they pattern as voiced obstruents.
+NOTE: While /ɹ, l/ are not phonetically fricatives, they pattern phonologically with the rest of the voiced fricatives.
 ====Vowels====
-Ahakqau has a total of three monophthongs and two diphthongs making a total of five vowels. According to WALS this is a small vowel quality inventory.
+Ahakqau has a total of three short monophthongs, three long monophthings and six diphthongs making a total of twelve phonological vowels. Long monophthongs are realised as diphthongs but patterb with the short monophthongs. According to WALS, which only considers the quality of monophthongs, this is a small vowel quality inventory.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! !! Short Front!! Long Front!!Short Central!!Long Central!! Short Back!!Long Back
+|-
+| '''High Monophthong'''|| /i/||/eɪ/||||||/u/||/oʊ/
+|-
+| '''Low Monophthong''' || || || /ä/||/ɛə/|| ||
+|}
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 ! !! Front!! Central!! Back
 |-
-| '''High Monophthong'''|| /i/|| ||/u/
+| '''High Diphthong''' || /ɔɪ/|| /iə/, /uə/|| /ɛʊ/
+|-
+| '''Low Diphthong''' || /aɪ/||  || /ɑʊ/
+|}
+===Orthography===
+Ahakqau is written in the Latin alphabet. It is a phonemic alphabet which also reflects sandhi.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Latin Letter!! IPA Value
+|-
+| ⟨a⟩ || /ä/
+|-
+| ⟨aa⟩ || /ɛə/
+|-
+| ⟨ai⟩ || /aɪ/
+|-
+|⟨au⟩||/ɑʊ/
+|-
+|⟨g⟩||/ɣ/
+|-
+|⟨i⟩||/i/
+|-
+|⟨ia⟩||/iə/
+|-
+|⟨ii⟩||/eɪ/
+|-
+|⟨iu⟩||/ɛʊ/
+|-
+|⟨j⟩||/ʒ/
+|-
+|⟨k⟩||/k/
+|-
+|⟨l⟩||/l/
+|-
+|⟨m⟩||/m/
+|-
+|⟨n⟩||/n/
+|-
+|⟨ŋ⟩||/ŋ/
+|-
+|⟨p⟩||/p/
+|-
+|⟨q⟩||/tɬ/
 |-
-| '''Low Monophthong''' ||  || /ä/||
+|⟨r⟩||/ɹ/
 |-
-| '''Diphthong''' || /aɪ/||  || /ɑʊ/
+|⟨t⟩||/t/
+|-
+|⟨u⟩||/u/
+|-
+|⟨ua⟩||/uə/
+|-
+|⟨ui⟩||/ɔɪ/
+|-
+|⟨uu⟩||/oʊ/
+|-
+|⟨v⟩||/v/
+|-
+|⟨x⟩||/tʃ/
 |}
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