Agarabi (agar1252-1)

Goddard, Jean. Notes on Agarabi Grammar. 1980. hh:s:Goddard:Agarabi

Consonants (9)

p	t		k	ʔ
m	n
		j	w
	r

Vowels (10)

i ĩ		u ũ
e ẽ		o õ
	a ã

Tones (2)

˦ ˨

Notes

Vowel nasalization is in complementary distribution with the two nasal consonants, but Goddard analyzes it as phonemic.

Long vowels occur, but they're analyzed as sequences of identical vowels.

Allophonic rules

p > pʰ / #_
p > ɸ / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal]
t > tʰ / #_
t > ts / #_
t > s / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal]
k > kʰ / #_
k > x / V[-nasal]_V[-nasal]
ʔ > h / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
j > dʲ / #_ and "following complex syllable nuclei"
j > d / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
w > bʷ / #_ and "following complex syllable nuclei"
w > b / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
r > ɾ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
a > ə / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ã > ə̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
i > ɪ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ĩ > ɪ̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
u > ʊ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ũ > ʊ̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)