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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! style="width: 100px;" | '''Labial''' | ! style="width: 100px;" | '''Labial''' | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | '''Alveolar''' | ! style="width: 100px;" | '''Alveolar''' | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | '''Palatal''' | |||
! style="width: 100px;" | '''Velar''' | ! style="width: 100px;" | '''Velar''' | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | '''Glottal''' | ! style="width: 100px;" | '''Glottal''' | ||
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| /m/ {{angbr|m}} | | /m/ {{angbr|m}} | ||
| /n/ {{angbr|n}} | | /n/ {{angbr|n}} | ||
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| /ŋ/ {{angbr|ŋ}} | | /ŋ/ {{angbr|ŋ}} | ||
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| /p/ {{angbr|p}} | | /p/ {{angbr|p}} | ||
| /t/ {{angbr|t}} | | /t/ {{angbr|t}} | ||
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| /k/ {{angbr|k}} | | /k/ {{angbr|k}} | ||
| /ʔ/ {{angbr| ' }} | | /ʔ/ {{angbr| ' }} | ||
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! '''Fricative''' | ! '''Fricative''' | ||
| colspan="2" | /f/ | | colspan="2" | /f/ ~ /ʃ/ {{angbr|s}} | ||
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! '''Approximant''' | ! '''Approximant''' | ||
| colspan="2" | /β/ | | colspan="2" | /β/ ~ /ð/ {{angbr|v}} | ||
| /j/ | |||
| /ɰ/ {{angbr|g}} | | /ɰ/ {{angbr|g}} | ||
| /h/ {{angbr|h}} | | /h/ {{angbr|h}} | ||
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| /ɾ/ {{angbr|r}} | | /ɾ/ {{angbr|r}} | ||
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There is free variation between all voiceless labial and coronal fricatives, free variation also exists between /β/, /ʋ/ and /ð/. This variation is mostly regional. | |||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Stress is marked by intonation and pitch. It falls on the second to last syllable of a word and the first vowel of a diphthong. Any irregular words have their stressed syllable marked by an acute diacritic. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Syllables consist of a short vowel, long vowel or a diphthong with an optional onset consonant. The syllable structure thus is (C)V(V) | |||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||