Hâauì
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Phonology
Consonants
Alveolar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|
Plosive | ' | |
Approximant | r | h |
The alveolar approximant may also be realized as an alveolar trill for emphasis.
Vowels
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i | ɯ |
Open | a |
All vowels have three tones: high (á), mid (a) and low (à).
Phonotactics
All words begin with a consonant, but otherwise consonants are unnecessary, and indeed many words are made up entirely of vowels beyond the initial consonant. Vowels are not glided on account of the strict moraic-timing of the language. Vowels may extend for up to three morae without changing quality or tone.
Consonant clusters do not ever appear, and consonants never appear in coda position.