Phonology
Consonants
* Other consonant sounds occur as palatalized /tʲ, dʲ, kʲ, ɡʲ/ and as labialized /ŋʷ/. * Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/ are sometimes realized as ͡s, d͡zin free variation among speakers. * Sounds /t, d/ are phonetically dental as ̪, d̪ * /ɡ/ may also be heard as �in free variation. * Sounds /b, d, ɡ/ may be lenited as �, ɾ, ɣin intervocalic positions. * /l/ may also be heard as in free variation. * Sounds /k͡p, ɡ͡b/ are mostly heard from loanwords. * A glottal stop �may also be heard, however; it is not phonemic and is only heard phonetically at the end of words.Vowels
* Vowels /i, e, o, u/ may also be heard as �, ɛ, ɔ, ʊin unstressed positions.References
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