Vanawo

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Consonants
The aspirated plosives /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ are often pronounced as affricates [pɸ tθ kx] or fricatives [ɸ~f θ x]. This lenition almost always occurs with /pʰ/, and the genitive suffix -phû is always pronounced [ɸɯ].

Vowels
Vanawo also has a large number of diphthongs: /ai̯ au̯ oi̯ ou̯ əi̯ əu̯ ei̯ eu̯/.

Phonotactics
Vanawo has a strict (C)(Y)V(C) syllabe structure, where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, and Y is one of /j w l/.

Word Order
Vanawo has a canonical word order of VSO, although it is more accurately described as VAP (verb-agent-patient).