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title: Phonology
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## Consonants and semivowels

   | Stop (v/u) | Fricative (v/u) | Sibilants (v/u) | Nasals | Semivowels
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Glottal | -/x | -/h | - | - | -
Velar   | g/k | - | - | - | -
Palatal | dzh/tsh | -/ch* | zh/sh | - | -
Dental  | d/t | -/th | z/s | n | l
Labial  | b/p | v/f | - | m | w
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## Vowels

* a - father
* å - bought
* e - bet
* i - beet
* o - alone
* u - moot
* ' - uh*

## Diphthongs

* ae - bite
* ei - bait
* ou - own
* ao - brown

All other vowel combinations either aspirate the second vowel or separate with a glottal stop.

## Accentuation

Meaning does not vary by accentuation, but usually falls on the penultimate syllable.