Lasat Der

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental	Velar	Labialised Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p b	t d	k g	kʷ gʷ	ʔ
Fricative		s	x	xʷ	h
Approximant		ɾ
Lateral		l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Phonotactics

The syllable structure in Lasat Der is CV(C(C)).Any consonant can be at the syllable onset. Since syllable onset is obligatory, [ʔ] is used as a default onset so no syllable can begin with a vowel.No diphtongs are allowed. The only allowed consonant clusters in the coda are sonorant+plosive or glottal+plosive combinations.