| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Stop | p | t | k | |||
| Affricative | t͡s | |||||
| Fricative | s z | x | ʁ | h | ||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ |
| Open | æ | ɑ |
The h phoneme is realized as /h/ or /ɦ/ intervocalically, aspiration /ʰ/ after unvoiced consonants, or breathy voice /ʱ/ after voiced consonants, e.g. /mʱ nʱ/.
For the purposes of this article, t͡s is written as c, ʁ is written as r, ɑ is written as a, and the mid vowels as e and o without the lowering diacritics. (In the lore, j is written as y by the anglophone convention, t͡s is written as ts, x is written as kh, and ʁ is written as r.)