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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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*/r/ is in free variation with [ɾ]. | */r/ is in free variation with [ɾ]. | ||
*Prenasalized consonants are plain phrase-initially and before consonants. | *Prenasalized consonants are plain phrase-initially and before consonants. | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
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|+ Vowels | |||
|- | |||
! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] || [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Close-mid front unrounded vowel|e]] || rowspan=2 | [[w:Mid back rounded vowel|o̞]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]] | |||
| [[w:Open-mid front unrounded vowel|ɛ]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| colspan=2 | [[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]] | |||
|} | |||
*/a/ is in free variation with [ɐ]. | |||
*/i,u/ may be devoiced or elided after voiceless consonants. | |||
*/ɛ/ merges into /e/ after velar consonants. | |||
===Pitch accent=== | |||
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|+ Tones | |||
|- | |||
! High !! Falling !! Rising | |||
|- | |||
| ˥ || ˥˩ || ˩˥ | |||
|} | |||
===Prosody=== | |||
Stress is variable but in native words is initial. | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
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