Consonants
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Bilabial
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Alveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Glottal
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Plosive
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Normal
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voiceless
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p /p/
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t /t/
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k /k/
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voiced
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b /b/
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d /d/
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g /g/
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Aspirated
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voiceless
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ph /pʰ/
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th /tʰ/
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kh /kʰ/
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voiced
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bh /bʰ/
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dh /dʰ/
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gh /gʰ/
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Ejective
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voiceless
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p' /pʼ/
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t' /tʼ/
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k' /kʼ/
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voiced
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b' /bʼ/
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d' /dʼ/
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g' /gʼ/
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Nasal
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m /m/
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n /n/
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Trill
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Normal
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r /r/
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Aspirated
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rh /rʰ/
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Fricative
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Normal
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voiceless
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s /s/
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h /h/
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Approximant
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j /j/
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Lateral Approximant
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l /l/
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Vowels
Proto-Haoli vowels harmonize based of of roundedness of the first vowel in the word.
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Front
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Back
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Rounded
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Unrounded Allophones
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Rounded Allophones
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Unrounded
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Close
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i /i/
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ï [y]
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ü [ɯ]
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u /u/
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Open-Mid
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e /ɛ/
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ë [œ]
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ö [ʌ]
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o /ɔ/
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Open
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a /a/
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ä [ɶ]
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Phonotactics
- Syllable Structure: (C)V(C)
- Aspirated stops aren't allowed in coda
- Stress always falls on the first syllable