Consonants
Ll consonants are odd from European language in a few ways. For one, syllabic consonants are phonemic and common; the name of the language itself is a syllabic l, /l̩ː/. Additionally, Ll has quite a few allophones, which are distinguish below the consonant chart.
| Consonants
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Labial
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Dental
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Alveolar
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Postalveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Laryngeal
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| central
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lateral
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| Nasal
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m̥ m m̩
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n̥ n n̩ nː
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| Plosive
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p b
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t d
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k g
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| Trill
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ʀ
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ʜ
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| Fricative
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f fː v
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θ
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s sː z
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ł ɮ
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ʃ ʃː ʒ
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x
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h
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| Affricate
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ts tsː
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tʃ dʒ
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| Approximant
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ɹ
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l l̩ lː
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j
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ʍ w
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Allophones
/tʃ/ is an allophone of /k/ when in stressed syllables, ultimate syllables or followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /dʒ/ is an allophone of /g/ when in stressed syllables. /z/ is an allophone of /s/ when in stressed syllables. /ɮ/ is an allophone of /ɬ/ when in stressed syllables. /ʒ/ is an allophone of /g/ when in ultimate syllables. /ʃ/ is an allophone of /h/ when in ultimate syllables
/ʍ/ is sometimes an allophone of /k/ before vowels. /θ/ is an allophone of /h/ when in ultimate syllables and followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /t/ is an allophone of /θ/ when followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/. /b/ is an allophone of /m/ when followed by /e/ or sometimes /i/
/fː/ is an allophone of /p/ when between two vowels. /ʜ/ is an allophone of /h/ when between in intial posistion.
Vowels
The following vowel phonemes are used:
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Front
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Central
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Back
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| High
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i
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| Mid
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e
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o
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| Low
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a
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Diphthongs
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i
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e
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o
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a
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| e
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ei
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eo
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| o
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oi
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oe
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oa
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| a
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ai
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ao
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