1 Phonology

Section 1

**17 phonemes total.** One-to-one mapping; no digraphs.

### 1.1 Phoneme Inventory

**17 phonemes total.**

| Class           | Phonemes                  |
|-----------------|---------------------------|
| Vowels (5)      | /a e i o u/               |
| Consonants (12) | /p t k b d g m n f s h r/ |

> `/r/` is realized as an alveolar tap [ɾ].

### 1.2 Orthography

One-to-one mapping; no digraphs.

| Phoneme                   | Letter                    |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| /a e i o u/               | `a e i o u`               |
| /p t k b d g m n f s h r/ | `p t k b d g m n f s h r` |

### 1.3 Syllable Structure

**Template:** `(C)V(C)`

- **Onset** — optional; any single consonant.
- **Nucleus** — any vowel; each written vowel is one syllable nucleus.
- **Coda** — optional; only `n`, `s`, or `r`.