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* Both /t/ and /k/ are unaspirated. /t/ is usually dental.  
* Both /t/ and /k/ are unaspirated. /t/ is usually dental.  
* The consonants /t k s/ may be pronounced as voiced /d g z/, especially when non-initial.
* The consonants /t k s/ may be pronounced as voiced /d g z/, especially when non-initial.
* /v/ has a wide range of pronunciation, being essentially anywhere in the realm of [v β ʋ w] although it tightens to a clear [v] sound when the following vowel sound is /u/
* /v/ has a wide range of pronunciation, being essentially anywhere in the realm of [v β ʋ w] although it tightens towards [v] when either of the adjacent vowels is is /u/.
* /ʒ/ likewise has a range of pronunciations, somewhere in the viscinity of [ʒ ʑ ʐ ʝ]. When the following vowel is /i/, /ʒ/ is usually pronounced tenser and less likely to appear as [ʝ].
* /ʒ/ likewise has a range of pronunciations, somewhere in the viscinity of [ʒ ʑ ʐ ʝ]. When either of the adjacent vowels is /i/, /ʒ/ is usually pronounced tenser and less likely to appear as [ʝ].
* /l/ may be pronounced as a lateral [l], a tap/flap [ɾ] or a lateral flap [ɺ]
* /l/ may be pronounced as a lateral [l], a tap/flap [ɾ] or a lateral flap [ɺ]


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Long vowels are indicated in the romanisation by doubling.  
Long vowels are indicated in the romanisation by doubling.  


In addition, there is one dipthong, /'''ai'''/.
In addition, there is the closing diphthong /'''ai'''/ and the opening diphthongs /'''ia''' '''io''' '''iu''' '''ua''' '''ue''' '''ui'''/.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Word stress falls on the last long vowel or diphthong in a word. If all the vowels are short, stress falls on the initial syllable.
Word stress falls on the last long vowel or diphthong in a word. If all the vowels are short, stress falls on the initial syllable.
==Morphophonology==
Each of the eleven consonants is associated with a consonant and vice versa. Nearly all lemmata are composed of three of the resulting syllables. For example '''''jotaale''''' is allowable as a lemma whereas '''''jitaale''''' is not because ''ji'' is not a lemma syllable since /ʒ/ associates with /o/.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable"
|- align=center
! Consonant !! Vowel !! Syllable
|- align=center
| n || a || na
|- align=center
| l || e || le
|- align=center
| m || i || mi
|- align=center
| j || o || jo
|- align=center
| g || u || gu
|- align=center
| t || aa || taa
|- align=center
| x || ee || xee
|- align=center
| h || ii || hii
|- align=center
| s || oo || soo
|- align=center
| k || uu || kuu
|- align=center
| v || ai || vai
|}
The remaining vowels, the six opening diphthongs, are only found in prefixes which may begin with any consonant.
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