KUKUDAMNEZORAKOM
consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p, mb | t, nd | k, ŋg | q | |
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||
| Affricate | ts, ndz | ||||
| Approximant | w | j |
vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, (ɪ) | u | |
| Close-Mid | o | ||
| Mid | e | ə | |
| Open-Mid | (ɛ) | ||
| Open | a |
i, e / q_ -> ɪ, ɛ
phonotactics
possible syllables are: V, CV, CVNasal
voiceless consonants are voiced and prenasalized after a nasal, but not across word boundaries
/u/ after voiceless stops at the end of words is often devoiced to /u̥/
stress is on penultimate syllable of root word, though there are exceptions