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Consonants
Note: sounds in parentheses occur only as allophones and are not phonemic.

Vowels
short diphthongs

/ju/ /wi/ /eɪ/ /aɪ/

Romanization
Vowels Consonants

Phonotactics
/ts/ and /ds/ palatalize to [tʃ] and [dʒ] before /i ì e/

/s/ cannot exist before /i ì e/

/x/ becomes affricate [kx] word-initially

/f/ becomes [ ɸ] before rounded consonants /u u ̀ o ò/

/fui/ becomes [ʍi]

Nasal consonants assimilate to the same position as following stops: */ng/ -> /ŋg/

Plosives become voiced after nasals: */nt/ -> /nd/

/ʔ/ may only occur in the onset

Syllable Structure
(s)C(l,r)V(n,l,s,r)

Stress
In two-syllable words, if the first syllable has a short vowel and the second does not, stress falls on the second syllable. Otherwise, stress falls on the first syllable.

In words with three or more syllables, the stress falls on the penultimate syllable if it has a long vowel or diphthong; otherwise, stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable. The exception is if the antepenultimate syllable is a grammatical prefix and therefore not part of the stem, and it has a short vowel.