Hara

Hara (/hɑɹə/, native: foharaa /ɸòhàɾàː/) is a South Semitic language.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal/ Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ	ʄ	ɠ
	prenasalized	ᵐb	ⁿd	ⁿdʒ	ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ	s	ʃ		h
	voiced	β	z	ʒ
Approximant			l	j	w
Tap/Trill			ɾ

Vowels

Vowel phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
High	i, iː		u, uː
Mid	e, eː		o, oː
Low		a, aː

Diphthongs do not exist in native words.

Nasals can be syllabic.

Tones

A mora can have either a low tone or high vowel. Low tone is considered the default/unmarked form.

A long vowel consists of two moras. A syllabic nasal is considered a mora.

A high tone can be indicated with an acute accent (e.g. á), but it is usually left unwritten.