Nime

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Phonology:

Labial Dental Palatal Velar
p t c/ʧ "ch" k "c"/"qu"
b d ɟ/ʤ "dj" ɡ "g"/"gu"
m n ɲ "gn" ŋ "ng"
v s ʒ "j"
w "u"/"w" j "i"/"y"
Front Center Back Front nasal Center nasal Back nasal
i ɨ "ue" u i◌̃ "in" ɨ◌̃ "uen" u◌̃ "un"
e "ei" ə "oe" o "ou"
ɛ "eh" ɔ "oh" ɛ◌̃ "en" ɔ◌̃ "on"
a a◌̃ "an"
Level Falling Raising
55 "SA" 53 "SAa"
33 "Sa" 32 "Saa" 35 "SaA"
22 "sa" 23 "saA"
11 "saa"

Phonotactics: [C][j,w]V[V][T] (toneless syllables are given tone 33)

Spelling conventions: "y" and "w" are used when they start a syllable or in otherwise ambiguous cases such as /nwɛ◌̃/ "Nuen" or /gwi/ "Gwi". Otherwise, "i" and "u" are used. An apostrophe is used to break syllables in otherwise ambiguous cases such as /ta◌̃gi/ "tan'gi" vs /taŋi/ "tangi". Middle tone (33) /a,i,u/ are spelled "Ah,Ih,Uh". Falling, raising and low tones must be spelled with the first vowel doubled: "SUuen", "Suuen", "SuUEN", "suUEN", "suuen".