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Phonetic Inventory
PhonemesLabialLaminalApicalPalatalVelarUvular
Occlusive*
/n/
[ɱ~n~ɳ̺~ɲ~ŋ~ɴ]
⟨n⟩
Short / Modal
/ʰʋ̃ ʋ̃/
⟨hu u⟩
/ʰɹ̃ ɹ̃/
⟨hy y⟩
/ʰɻ̺̃ ɻ̺̃/
⟨ho o⟩
/ʰj̃ j̃/
⟨hi i⟩
/ʰɰ̃ ɰ̃/
⟨he e⟩
/ʰʁ̞̃ ʁ̞̃/
⟨ha a⟩
Long / Creaky†
/ʰʋ̰̃ ʋ̰̃/
⟨huu uu⟩
/ʰɹ̰̃ ɹ̰̃/
⟨hyy yy⟩
/ʰɻ̺̰̃ ɻ̺̰̃/
⟨hoo oo⟩
/ʰj̰̃ j̰̃/
⟨hii ii⟩
/ʰɰ̰̃ ɰ̰̃/
⟨hee ee⟩
/ʰʁ̞̰̃ ʁ̞̰̃/
⟨haa aa⟩
Syllabic
Allophone‡
/ʋ/
[ʊ]
/ɹ/
[ɵ]
/ɻ̺/
[ɔ]
/j/
[ʏ]
/ɰ/
[ɜ]
/ʁ̞/
[ɑ]

*) The realisation of /n/ harmonises with the place of the preceding phoneme.
†) The Illager dialect uses a sliding articulation from plain to creaky instead of creaky voicing. e.g. [ʰɰ̃͢ɰ̰̃], though it might also be transcribed as [ʰɰ̃ʳ].
‡) When syllabic, phonemes may be realised as vowels. This is a non-distinct form. Qualities for length/vocal register and nasalasation are retained.

TonemesSimple /˩/
⟨ȁ àà⟩
/˧/
⟨a aa⟩
/˥/
⟨a̋ áá⟩
Contour /˩˥/
⟨ǎ àá⟩
/˥˩/
⟨â áà⟩
/˥˧/
⟨á áa⟩
/˧˩/
⟨à aà⟩


Phonotactics
Syllables are C(-hC)(n).
Here, C is any phoneme other than /n/. Phonemes may only be preaspirated in the nucleus, never in the coda, as indicated by -h.
Syllables are closed, naturally.
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