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Consonant phonemes
| Labial | Coronal | Dorsal | Labiodorsal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain stop | p | t | k | kᵘ |
| Ejective stop | p̓ | t̓ | k̓ | k̓ᵘ |
| Fricative | s, š2 | x | xᵘ | |
| Oral resonant | w4 | l1 | h3 | hᵘ |
| Nasal resonant | m | n | ŋ |
- realised as [ʊ̯] in coda position.
- typically realised as post-alveolar [ʃ] or alveolo-palatal [ɕ]
- dorsal resonants /h hᵘ/ are realised as uvular-to-pharyngeal approximants [ʁ̞~ʕ̞ ʁ̞ʷ~ʕ̞ʷ]
- realised as a bilabial or labiodental approximant [ʋ~β̞]
Phonetically, the plain dorsals are slightly fronted [k̟ k̟ʼ x̟] while the labiodorsals are slightly backed [k̠ʷ k̠ʼʷ x̠ʷ].
Nasal PoA is non-contrastive in the syllable coda and assimilates to the following consonant:
- Before plain dorsals the nasal archiphoneme is realised as a slightly fronted velar nasal [ŋ̟~ɲ].
- Before labiodorsals the nasal archiphoneme is realised as a slightly backed velar nasal [ŋ̠~ɴ].
- Word-final nasals are realised as nasalisation and compensatory lengthening on the preceding vowel.
Plain stops are realised with no audible release word-finally.