Syllables are CV, CVV, and CVC
The following tables show the relevent phonetic symbols (QAPA) with the corresponding orthographic symbols.
| labial | coronal | dorsal | guttural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stop (voiceless) | p | p | - | t | t | tS) | c | - | k | k | - | |||
| stop (voiced) | b | b | - | d | d | dZ) | j | - | g | g | - | |||
| nasal (voiced) | m | m | - | n | n | - | - | - | - | |||||
| fricative (voiceless) | - | f | f | s | s | S | x | C | h | x | h | h | h | |
| trill (voiced) | - | - | r | r | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| vocoid (voiced) | - | - | l | l | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| unrounded | rounded | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| front | center | back | ||||
| high | i | i | - | u | u | |
| mid | e_ | e | - | o_ | o | |
| low | - | A\ | a | - | ||
There are 5 long vowels, 3 short vowels (i, a, and u), and 4 diphthongs (eu, ai, au, and oi). The diphthongs and long vowels come from combinations of short vowels.
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