Sentani (nucl1632-1)

Cowan, H. K. J.. Grammar of the Sentani Language with Specimen Texts and Vocabulary. 1965. hh:s:Cowan:Sentani

Consonants (10)

b	d		k
f
m	n
		j		w	h
	l

Vowels (7)

i		u
e	ə	o
ɛ
	a

Notes

/f h/ correspond to the western dialect's /p t/. /b d/ agree in both dialects.

Syllable structure is CV(n j w), but word-initial syllables don't need onsets.

Stress is predictable.

Allophonic rules

b >~ p / _
b > p / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
d >~ t / _
d > tʲ / {i j u w}_ _{i j u w}
d > t / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
k >~ q / _
k >~ x / _
f > ɸ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
n > ȵ / {i j}_ _{i j}
n > ŋ / _k
n > m / _#
n > ŋ / _#
j > dʒ / i_ j_
h > s / i_ j_ n_
h > s / w_
h > f / w_
l > ɺ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
a > æ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
a·n >~ ã / _k _s
a·n >~ aː / _k _s
ɛ·n >~ ɛ̃ / _k _s
ɛ·n >~ ɛː / _k _s
e·n >~ ẽ / _k _s
e·n >~ eː / _k _s
ə·n >~ ə̃ / _k _s
ə·n >~ əː / _k _s
o·n >~ õ / _k _s
o·n >~ oː / _k _s
i·n >~ ĩ / _k _s
i·n >~ iː / _k _s
u·n >~ ũ / _k _s
u·n >~ uː / _k _s