Phonology

Inventory

Consonants

Note that these are not just features of fast speech, nor allophones, but phonemic contrasts!

Vowels

Allophones

These are not only features of fast speech; they are standard/common pronunciations.
Voiced consonants can be devoiced, but voiceless consonants cannot be voiced.

1. Velar and uvular fricatives become labialised when following rounded vowels.
   • This can cause ambiguity on whether a /x/ sound is underlyingly /x/ or /xʷ/.
   • Example: muqhne is pronounced as [muχʷ.nə], with the underlying /χ/ surfaced as [χʷ] due to the preceding /u/.
2. /r/ becomes voiceless when following voiceless consonants.
   • Example: krif is pronounced as [kr̥iɸ], with the underlying /r/ surfaced as [r̥] due to the voiceless /k/ preceding it.
3. Alveolar stops become retroflex stops (without changing voicing) when following or preceding a retroflex fricative.
   • Example: lazhd is pronounced as [laʐɖ], with the underlying /d/ surfaced as [ɖ] due to the preceding /ʐ/.
4. Voiceless stops are aspirated when at the end of syllables.
   • Example: jaq is pronounced as [jaqʰ], with the underlying /q/ aspirated due to it being at the end of the syllable.
5. /ʝ/ becomes [ç] when following a voiceless consonant.
   • Example: ʕikjhus is pronounced as [ʕi.cçus], with the underlying /ʝ/ surfaced as [ç] due to the voiceless /k/ preceeding it.
6. Alveolar and velar stops become palatal when followed by /ʝ/.
   • Example: ʕikjhus is pronounced as [ʕi.cçus], with the underlying /k/ surfaced as [c] due to the /ʝ/ following it.
7. /n/ becomes [ɲ] when following or preceeding a palatal consonant.
   • Example: ãnjez is pronounced as [ã.ɲəz], with the underlying /n/ surfaced as [ɲ] due to the palatal /j/ following it.

Phonotactics

• Nothing
• Any single (non-syllabic) consonant
• Any combination of a non-glottal stop and fricative (in any order) with differing places and equal voicing besides /kxʷ/
• Any non-glottal stop or fricative followed by /r/
• /t͡s/ followed by any fricative that is not alveolar, retroflex, or palatal, or any trill
• /q͡χ/ followed by any biliabial, dental, or alveolar fricative or trill
• Any dental affricate followed by any equally voiced fricative that is not dental or retroflex
• Any consonant besides /ʔ/, /r/, and /ʝ/ followed by /j/
• Any consonant besides /ʔ/, /r/, and /j/ followed by /ʝ/
• Any non-dental fricative, nasal, or stop followed by /ɬ/
• Any fricative, nasal, or stop followed by /l/

• Nothing
• Any single (non-syllabic) consonant besides /j/
• Any combination of two differing stops with equal voicing besides /k/ + /kʷ/ and /k/ + /q/
• Any combination of a stop and fricative (in any order) with equal voicing besides /k/ + /χ/
• Any nasal consonant followed by any stop, fricative, or palatal consonant
• Any lateral consonant followed by any stop, fricative, or nasal besides /ŋ/, and excluding /ɬ/ + a dental consonant
• ...

Romanisation

The romanisation does not account for allophones; it is 1-to-1 of underlying sounds.
Note: There are sounds here that you do not see in the Inventory. This is because the romanisation has every contrast in every dialect; for more information, see Dialects.