Numbami Language - Phonology

Phonology

Numbami distinguishes 5 vowels and 18 consonants. Voiceless /s/ is a fricative, but its voiced and prenasalized equivalents are affricated, varying between more alveolar and more palatalized . The liquid /l/ is usually rendered as a flap . The labial approximant is slightly fricative, tending toward, when followed by front vowels.