morphology: consonants
An initial is empty or one of the following single consonants or clusters, in any case not followed by another consonant:
| _ | r | l | c | cr | cl | s | sr | sl | _ | _ | _ | _ | j | _ | _ | z | _ | _ |
| f | fr | fl | cf | cfr | cfl | sf | sfr | sfl | _ | v | vr | vl | jv | jvr | jvl | zv | zvr | zvl |
| p | pr | pl | cp | cpr | cpl | sp | spr | spl | _ | b | br | bl | jb | jbr | jbl | zb | zbr | zbl |
| k | kr | kl | ck | ckr | ckl | sk | skr | skl | _ | g | gr | gl | jg | jgr | jgl | zg | zgr | zgl |
| t | tr | _ | ct | ctr | _ | st | str | _ | _ | d | dr | _ | jd | jdr | _ | zd | zdr | _ |
| x | xr | xl | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| m | mr | ml | cm | cmr | cml | sm | smr | sml | _ | _ | _ | _ | jm | jmr | jml | zm | zmr | zml |
| n | _ | _ | cn | _ | _ | sn | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| _ | _ | tc | _ | _ | ts | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | dj | _ | _ | dz | _ | _ | |
There are in all 102 possible initials, including the empty one.
An initial-pair is an initial cluster that consist of exactly two consonants.
An affricate pair is one of tc, ts, dj, dz.
A consonant is a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant or a syllabic consonant.
A voiced consonant is one of b, d, g, j, v, z.
An unvoiced consonant is one of c, f, k, p, s, t, x.
A syllabic consonant is one of l, m, n, r.
l is zero or more commas and 'l' or 'L', not followed by h or l.
m is zero or more commas and 'm' or 'M', not followed by h or m or z.
n is zero or more commas and 'n' or 'N', not followed by h or n or an affricate.
r is zero or more commas and 'r' or 'R'.not followed by h or r.
f is zero or more commas and 'f' or 'F', not followed by h or f or any voiced consonant.
p is zero or more commas and 'p' or 'P', not followed by p or P or any voiced consonant.
t is zero or more commas and 't' or 'T', not followed by h or t or any voiced consonant.
k is zero or more commas and 'k' or 'K', not followed by h or k or x or any voiced consonant.
x is zero or more commas and 'x' or 'X', not followed by h or x or k or c or any voiced consonant.
c is zero or more commas and 'c' or 'C', not followed by h or c or s or x or any voiced consonant.
s is zero or more commas and 's' or 'S', not followed by h or s or c or any voiced consonant.
j is zero or more commas and 'j' or 'J', not followed by h or j or z or any unvoiced consonant.
z is zero or more commas and 'z' or 'Z', not followed by h or z or j or any unvoiced consonant.
b is zero or more commas and 'b' or 'B', not followed by h or b or any unvoiced consonant.
d is zero or more commas and 'd' or 'D', not followed by h or d or any unvoiced consonant.
g is zero or more commas and 'g' or 'G', not followed by h or g or any unvoiced consonant.
v is zero or more commas and 'v' or 'V', not followed by h or v or any unvoiced consonant.
h is zero or more commas and ' ' ' or 'h', followed by a nucleus.