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* 4 consonants:
* 4 consonants:
** rostral percussive: ʬ (written ''b'')
** rostral percussive: ʬ or choanal stop: G (written ''b'')
** voiced apico-palatal stop: d
** voiced apico-palatal stop: d
** voiceless apico-palatal stop: t
** voiceless apico-palatal stop: t
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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.


All four stops have fricative allophones (roughly [β ð̠ θ̠ ç]) after vowels, unless they're geminated.
All four stops have fricative allophones (roughly [(ayin-like?) ð̠ θ̠ ç]) after vowels, unless they're geminated.


=== Word structure ===
=== Word structure ===