Random phonology

Phonemic inventory

Consonants
	Labial			Alveolar			Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal		m			n
Stop	p	b	ɓ̰	t	d	ɗ̰	k	g	q	ɢ
Fricative	f	v		s	z		x	ɣ	χ	ʁ	h
Approximant					l			ɰ

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid-low	ɛ		ɔ
Low	æ	a

Syllable structure

(C₁)V(C₂)

C₁: a consonant
V: a vowel
C₂: a sonorant; i.e. one of /m n h l ɰ/

Allophony

Obstruents [p q s ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a following obstruent. Before a voiceless consonant other than [h], implosives become non-implosive.
Velar or uvular obstruents [k q ɣ ...] persistently assimilate in uvularity to a following velar or uvular consonant other than [ɰ].
Vowels [i ɛ æ ...] become nasal [ĩ ɛ̃ æ̃ ...] before a glottal fricative.
[p pʼ t tʼ k q ɓ̰ ɗ̰] assimilate in glottalisation to a preceding non-nasal consonant other than approximant.
Velar or uvular consonants [k q ɣ ...] become rounded [kʷ qʷ ɣʷ ...] before a non-low rounded vowel.
Non-glottal fricative obstruents [p gʷ f ...] persistently assimilate in voice to a preceding obstruent. After a voiceless consonant other than [h], implosives become non-implosive. After a voiced obstruent, non-implosive ejective stops become non-glottalised.
Non-nasal vowels [i ɛ æ ...] become nasal [ĩ ɛ̃ æ̃ ...] before a nasal vowel.
Tense vowels and semivowels [ɰ i u ...] become non-high [ɤ̯ e o ...] after a non-near-high vowel or an uvular consonant except for a vowel or semivowel.
Unrounded semivowels [ɰ ɤ̯] become rounded [w o̯] after a rounded vowel or semivowel.
[h] are deleted between a vowel or an approximant and a vowel or an approximant.
[h] are deleted between a vowel or semivowel and a vowel or semivowel.
Velar or uvular obstruents [k q ɣ ...] become non-velar or uvular labial [pˠ pˠ vˠ ...] before an alveolar obstruent or nasal. Rounded obstruents become unrounded.
Short voiced phones other than non-near-high vowels and uvular consonants or [m n], i.e. [b ɗ l ...], become voiceless [p t l̥ ...] word-initially word-finally. Implosives become non-implosive.
[ɓ ɗ i ĩ u ũ e ẽ o õ ɛ ɛ̃ ɔ ɔ̃ æ æ̃ a ã] become creaky-voiced after a creaky-voiced implosive.
After an obstruent, labiodental fricatives become non-labial rounded semivowels; [f v] become [w̥ w].
Labial obstruents or nasals [m pˠ ɓ̰ ...] assimilate in labiodentality to a following labial obstruent or nasal.
Nasals [m ɱ n] become nasals and assimilate in place of articulation to a following obstruent.
Central vowels [a a̰ ã ã̰] become back [ɑ ɑ̰ ɑ̃ ɑ̰̃] after an uvular consonant.

Some words

/nuhtɛɰ/	[nũhtɛɰ]
/χæmlæɰ/	[χæmlæɰ]
/ʁaɰtaɰ/	[ʁɑɰtaɰ]
/faɰfɔɰ/	[faɰfɔw]
/dɛɰsɛɰ/	[dɛɰsɛɰ]
/fæɰa/	[fæɰa]
/qɛtɛ/	[qɛtɛ]
/ɰɛhɔ/	[ɰɛ̃ɔ]
/saɰqi/	[saɰqe]
/zahɔ/	[zãɔ]
/xɔlæ/	[xʷɔlæ]
/χupæ/	[χʷopæ]
/xulu/	[xʷulu]
/ɰii/	[ɰii]
/χæɰɣiɰ/	[χæɰɣiɰ]
/χiɰɢɔm/	[χewɢʷɔm]
/amlɛ/	[amlɛ]
/suɗ̰ɔɰ/	[suɗ̰ɔ̰w]
/tuliɰ/	[tuliɰ]
/piʁæ/	[piʁæ]
/u/	[u̥]
/qɔla/	[qʷɔla]
/liɰfɔɰ/	[liɰfɔw]
/fɛsɛ/	[fɛsɛ]
/bɛɰχu/	[bɛwχʷo]
/kɔχu/	[kʷɔχʷo]
/hinhaɰɛ/	[hinhaɰɛ]
/sɛɰqæ/	[sɛɰqæ]
/χæʁæɰ/	[χæʁæɰ]
/tulɔ/	[tulɔ]

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