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/ɸ/ is an unstressed intervocalic allophone of /pʰ/. /cʰ/ is an allophone of /kʰ/ before /i iː/. /ʎ/ is a | /ɸ/ is an unstressed intervocalic allophone of /pʰ/. /cʰ/ is an allophone of /kʰ/ before /i iː/. /ʎ/ is a word-final allophone for /l/. /t k/ are often lightly palatalised before /i iː/; these are generally unmarked even in IPA, though if needed these are represented as /t̟ k̟/. | ||
Geminated consonants /tː sː nː/ are phonemic and are not derived from similar consonants on syllable boundaries; /tː sː/ are probably derived from earlier aspirated */tʰ sʰ/ while /nː/ is probably derived from earlier /ŋ͡m/, which still appears in some dialects. | Geminated consonants /tː sː nː/ are phonemic and are not derived from similar consonants on syllable boundaries; /tː sː/ are probably derived from earlier aspirated */tʰ sʰ/ while /nː/ is probably derived from earlier /ŋ͡m/, which still appears in some dialects. | ||