rate my phonemic inventory
vowels:
/a ə i u/
regular consonants:
/q ɢ ɴ ʁ/
/k g ŋ ʟ ɰ/
/c ɟ ɲ λ j/
/ʈ ɖ ɳ ɭ ɻ/
/t d n l r/
/t̪ d̪ n̪ l̪ ð̞/
/p b m w/
clicks + consonant-click combinations:
/ǃ qǃ ɢǃ ɴ! k! g! ŋ! ʈ! ɖ! ɳ! p! b! m!/
/ǁ qǁ ɢǁ ɴǁ kǁ gǁ ŋǁ ʈǁ ɖǁ ɳǁ tǁ dǁ nǁ/
/ǀ qǀ ɢǀ ɴǀ kǀ gǀ ŋǀ t̪ǀ d̪ǀ n̪ǀ pǀ mǀ/
tones: low, high
syllable structure: CV(C), with no double stop sequences within words; clicks allophonize to sibilants at the end of a word