Mapoyo language

Phonology

Consonants

• /h/ can be heard as a palatal when preceding a voiceless plosive.
• /n/ can be heard as a velar when preceding a velar /k/.
• /β/ can be heard as a voiced stop, when after a voiceless plosive or glottal /ʔ/.
• /s/ can be heard with an allophone of when word-initially, or after a glottal /ʔ/.
• /j/ can be heard as a voiced fricative, when before a back vowel.

Vowels

• Sounds /i, u/ are reduced to in syllable-final position.
• /ɘ/ is heard as a lower sound when preceding /h/, or following /β/.
• /a/ is heard as when occurring after an initial bilabial sound.