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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
{{PAGENAME}} has 4 consonants: b d t k, | {{PAGENAME}} has | ||
* 4 consonants: b d t k, | |||
* 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 | |||
* 5 tones (level, rising, falling, falling-rising, rising-falling). | |||
There is a three way length distinction as well, in both consonants and vowels. | |||
All four consonants have fricative allophones /β ð θ x/ after vowels, unless they're geminated. | All four consonants have fricative allophones /β ð θ x/ after vowels, unless they're geminated. | ||