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* 4 consonants: | * 4 consonants: | ||
** | ** rostral percussive: ʬ (written ''b'') | ||
** voiced apico-palatal | ** voiced apico-palatal stop: d | ||
** voiceless apico-palatal | ** voiceless apico-palatal stop: t | ||
** voiceless lamino-palatal/velar stop: c | ** voiceless lamino-palatal/velar stop: c (written ''c'') | ||
* a large inventory of vowels: ''i ị e ẹ a ạ ọ o ụ u'' /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts + ''ă'' (shva na3, by default /ä/) | * a large inventory of vowels: ''i ị e ẹ a ạ ọ o ụ u'' /i ɪ e ɛ æ ɑ ɔ o ʊ u/ + nasalized, -j, -w counterparts + ''ă'' (shva na3, by default /ä/) | ||
** birds pronounce /ɔ o ʊ u -w/ as their unrounded counterparts | ** birds pronounce /ɔ o ʊ u -w/ as their unrounded counterparts | ||
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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 ( | All four stops have fricative allophones (roughly [β ð̠ θ̠ ç]) after vowels, unless they're geminated. | ||
=== Word structure === | === Word structure === | ||