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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! !! Labial/<br />Labio-dental/<br />Labio-velar || Dental/<br />Alveolar !! Post-Alveolar/<br />Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal !! Romanisation (Krauss)/<br />Romanisation (Harlowe) | |||
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! Nasal | |||
| m || n || || ŋ || | |||
! ⟨ m n ng ⟩<br />⟨ m n ŋ ⟩ | |||
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! Glottalised<br />Prenasalised<br />Nasal | |||
| ⁿˀm || ⁿˀn || || ⁿˀŋ || | |||
! ⟨ mpm ntn nkng ⟩<br />⟨ mpm ntn ŋkŋ ⟩ | |||
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! Plosive | |||
| p b || t d || || k g || ʔ | |||
! ⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩<br />⟨ p b t d k g q ⟩ | |||
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! Prenasalised<br />Plosive | |||
| ⁿp ⁿb || ⁿt ⁿd || || ⁿk ⁿg || | |||
! ⟨ mp mb nt nd nk ngg ⟩<br />⟨ mp mb nt nd ŋk ŋg ⟩ | |||
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! Glottalised<br />Prenasalised<br />Plosive | |||
| ⁿˀb || ⁿˀd || || ⁿˀg || | |||
! ⟨ mpb ntd nkg ⟩<br />⟨ mpb ntd ŋkg ⟩ | |||
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! Fricative | |||
| f v || s z || ʃ ʒ || || h | |||
! ⟨ f v s z x j h ⟩<br />⟨ f v s z š ž h ⟩ | |||
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! Prenasalised<br />Fricative | |||
| ⁿf ⁿv || ⁿs ⁿz || ⁿʃ ⁿʒ || || ⁿh | |||
! ⟨ mf mv ns nz nx nj ngh ⟩<br />⟨ mf mv ns nz nš nž ŋh ⟩ | |||
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! Semivowel | |||
| w || || j || || | |||
! ⟨ w y ⟩<br />⟨ w y ⟩ | |||
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! Liquid | |||
| || l || || || | |||
! ⟨ l ⟩<br />⟨ l ⟩ | |||
|} | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
==Morphophonology== | ==Morphophonology== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
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