Ghomala' language

Phonology

Consonants

• The glottal stop /ʔ/ only occurs as word-final.
• Sounds are alternative consonant sounds of /b͡v d t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ɡ/.
• /t d/, when occurring before close front-central vowel sounds /i ʉ/, can sound palatalized as .
• Sounds /p b t d k/, when preceding a /h/ sound, are realized as affricated .
• /ɡ/, when occurring before central vowel sounds /ə ɐ/, may sound affricated as .
• A word-final /k/ sound, may be realized as uvular sounds .

  Vowels

• Sounds /ɐ u ɔ/ when occurring with a velar nasal /ŋ/, can be realized as nasalized vowel sounds .

  Tone