Oran

Consonants
IPA:

Romanized:

Nore: futhermore, only romanized transcription is used.

Following consonants can be doubbled between vowels: p, t, ts, cs, ch, k, th, s, sh. Double ts, cs, ch, th, sh are written tts, ccs, cch, tth, ssh.

Vowels
IPA:

Romanized:
 * Schwa /ə/ is realized differently depending on preceding consonant: [u̥] after labial stops; [ɯ̥] after /m/, dentals and retroflex; [i̥] after palatals; [ə̥] after velars and glottal. [u̥] are [ɯ̥] both romanized "u".
 * Normally, schwa is not written: sep [sɛpu̥] "arm", üksi [ykə̥ɕi] "child".
 * If it's ambiguous, schwa is written as "ë".
 * Like full vowels, schwa produces a mora, i.e. üksi has three moras.
 * Furthermore, only romanized transcription is used.

Phonology
A syllable can have length of one or two moras. Single mora syllable has structure (C)V. Syllable with two moras can have either a long vowel: (C)V:, a nasal coda: (C)VN or a obstruent coda: (C)VQ. Nasal coda realized as a centralized nasal vowel in slow speech or collapsed to a nasal consonant assimilated the consonant of the following syllable in fast speech. Word-finally, it can collapse to nasalize the syllable's vowel. Obstruent coda is possible only before a voiceless non-ejective obstruent or fricative excepting /h/. In slow speech, a syllable with an obstruent coda is pronounced with a two moras vowel and the following syllable is pronounced with a slightly longer onset; it is also possible to pronounce as a glottal stop. In fast speech, it is realized as geminating the consonant of the following syllable.