"Voiceless vowels in LX and MC are characteristic of certain syllables. They are not truly distinctive (no minimal pairs), but are stable non-predictable features in some words."
Allophonic rules
tsʰ >
tʂʰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ts >
tʂ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
dz >
dʐ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
f >
ɸ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
s >
ʂ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
z >
ʐ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɨ >
ɿ / sibilant_
ɨ >
ʅ / sibilant_ if the sibilant is retroflexed (free variation)
˧ >
˧˩ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
˩˧ >
˨˩˧ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)