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Phonology & Orthography

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	/m/ m		/n/ n			/ŋ/ ŋ
Plosive	/p/ p		/t/ t			/k/ k	/q/ q	/ʔ/ x
Affricative			/ts/ c	/tʃ/ ç
Fricative	/ɸ β/ f b	/θ ð/ þ d	/s z/ s z	/ʃ ʒ/ ş z̧		/x ɣ/ h g
Trill			/r/ r				/ʀ/ ʀ
Lateral Fricative			/ɬ/ l
Approximant					/j/ j	/w/ v

• p t k q are pronounced as /p̚ t̚ k̚ q̚/ at the end of a word
• a dot accent can be added on c d l n r s t z to show palatalization
  • ḋ ṫ represent /ɣʲ kʲ/
• when before a vowel, a consonant with a dot accent replaces the accent mark with i
• doubling a consonant makes its sound longer
• when a voiced and voiceless consonant are next to each other, they both take the first letter's voicing

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	/iː/ i		/uː/ w
Close-Mid	/e ø/ e u		/ɤ o/ y o
Open		/a ɒ/ a å

	Front	Central	Back
Close-Mid	/øʏ/ ᵫ		/oɪ/ œ
Open		/aɪ/ æ

• a å e o u y are slightly raises to /ɐ̜ ɐ̹ ɪ ʊ̹ ʏ ʊ̜/ in unstressed position
• doubling a vowel raises it (/a ɒ e o ø ɤ/ → /ɜ ɞ i u y ɯ/), lengthens its sound, and puts stress on its syllable

Stress

Stress normally falls on the first syllable of a word. However, there is irregular stress. This is denoted by an acute accent on that specific syllable's vowel to show the irregularity.