structural:scholar_edition
Allophones

The voiced bilabial plosive /b/ is phonetically realized as a voiced labial approximant medially between sonorants in non- geminated form. The fricative ejective / sʼ / is heard as a fricative ejective, but is mostly heard as the affricate sound. The rhotic consonant is realized as a trill when geminated and a tap otherwise. The closed central unrounded vowel ⟨ ə ⟩ /ɨ/ and mid-central vowel ⟨ ä ⟩ /ə/ are generally fronted to and, respectively, following palatal consonants, and generally retracted and rounded to and, respectively, following labialized velar consonants.