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* 4 consonants: b d t k | * 4 consonants: b d t k (add aleph?) | ||
* a large inventory of vowels (about as many as Khmer): /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts | * a large inventory of vowels (about as many as Khmer): /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts + shva na3 /ä/ | ||
* 5 tones (level, rising, falling, falling-rising, rising-falling). | * 5 tones (level, rising, falling, falling-rising, rising-falling). | ||
There is a three way length distinction as well, in both consonants and vowels. | There is a three way length distinction as well, in both consonants and vowels. | ||