Klai

Setting
Klai a language spoken on the Klai islands in the Philippine Sea.

Consonants
Klai speakers distinguish all plosives along with /s/ and /f/ syllable-initially for lateralization. /p, t, c, k, f, s/ are thus distinguished by speakers from /pˡ, tˡ, cˡ, kˡ, fˡ, sˡ/; they are not allophones. /sˡ/ is very similar in pronunciation to /ɬ/, but they nontheless remain distinct phonemes in standard pronunciation.

Phonotactics
All consonants except /ð/ can occur syllable-initially. The consonants /m, n, ɲ, ŋ, p, t, c, k, ð, ɾ, ɬ/ are permitted to occur syllable-finally. Consonant clusters can only appear word-initially, and they follow this pattern:

(C)+/ɾ/; where (C) is any plosive, nasal, /s/ or /f/.

Basic Grammar
Klai is an ergative-absolutive and fusional language.