Raniatha

Monophthongs

 * All close vowels /i y u/ have near-close allophones [ɪ ʏ ʊ] in closed syllables
 * The vowel /y/ only appears in Greek loan words or names
 * The open-mid vowels /ɛ ɔ/ can only be distinguished from the close-mid vowels /e o/ in closed syllables - in open syllables, they are pronounced [e o]
 * Unstressed [e] (from both /ɛ/ and /e/) can be reduced to the schwa [ə]. This often happens in syllables directly after a stressed syllable or in grammatical endings

Consonants

 * The nasal /n/ is pronounced [m] before /p/ and [ŋ] before /k/
 * /m/ only appears in Greek loan words or names
 * All plosives /p t k/ are aspirated in the beginning of a syllable [pʰ tʰ kʰ]
 * The fricative /x/ is pronounced [ç] after front vowels and [h] in the beginning of a syllable
 * All consonants can be geminated
 * The geminated form of /j/ is usually pronounced [ʝ:]

Phonotactics
Syllables are (C₁C₂)V(C).

Stress
The primary stress is on the last syllable of a word stem.

Punctuation

 * An acute accent is used to mark the stressed syllable - for monosyllabic words, this is optional
 * An apostrophy is used between the letters in the multigraphs when they actually represent a hiatus