Consonants
Consonant chart[3]
|
Bilabial |
Apical |
Laminal |
Dorsal |
|---|
|
Alveolar |
Retroflex |
Palatal |
Velar |
| Stop |
b |
d |
ɖ |
ɟ |
g |
| Nasal |
m |
n |
ɳ |
ɲ |
ŋ |
| Lateral |
|
l |
ɭ |
|
|
| Rhotic |
|
r/ɾ |
ɽ |
|
|
| Semivowel |
w |
|
|
j |
|
Stops have both voiced and voiceless allophones, depending on their position in the word. Furthermore, a stop length variation is present, which is only contrastive in morpheme-medial positions. This can be interpreted as either gemination, or as evidence for the existence of two separate stop series, with a suprasegmental hypothesis being mostly ruled out.
The tapped and trilled allophones of /r/ are in free variation.[3]
