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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Consonants | |||
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! !! colspan="2" | [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! Dorsal | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Stop consonant|Stop]] | |||
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial stop|p]] || [[w:Voiced bilabial stop|b]] || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar stop|d]] || [[w:Voiceless velar stop|k]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Affricate|Affricate]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar stop|t͡s]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]] || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Approximant|Approximant]] | |||
| colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]] || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]] || [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Trill|Trill]] | |||
| colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | [[w:Voiced alveolar trill|r]] | |||
|} | |||
*/n/ is realized as [ŋ] before /k,h/. | |||
*/h/ is realized as [x] in coda. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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|+ Vowels | |||
|- | |||
! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Unrounded vowel|unrounded]] !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] [[w:Rounded vowel|rounded]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] iː || [[w:Close front rounded vowel|y]] yː || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] uː | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] eː || [[w:Close-mid front rounded vowel|ø]] øː || [[w:Mid central vowel|ə]] [[w:Close-mid back rounded vowel|o]] oː | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| [[w:Near-open front unrounded vowel|æ]] æː || || [[w:Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]] ɑː | |||
|} | |||
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|+ Diphthongs | |||
|- | |||
| ei eːi || øy øːy || oi || ou oːu | |||
|- | |||
| æi æːi || æy æːy || ɑi ɑːi || ɑu ɑːu | |||
|} | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
Words bear initial stress. | Words bear initial stress. | ||