p t k pp tt kk b d g bb dd gg ð ɣ r ðð ɣɣ rr
[ɸ θ/ʃ x pː tː/tːʃ kː b/m d/n g/ŋ bː/mb dː/nd gː/ŋg l/lᶞ/ð ɣ/ɰ ɾ ðː ɣː rː]
<p t/sh k pp/'p tt/'t/cc/'c kk/'k b/m d/n g/ŋ bb/mb dd/nd gg/ng th x r thth/'th xx/'x rr/'r>
i e a o u <i e a o u>
ˀ | V́ V̄ V̀ | Ṽ <V' (tone unmarked) Ṽ>
mid tone default
The voiced stops surface as nasals in the environment of nasal vowels (glottalization blocks the spread). /t/ is pronounced [ʃ] before /i/. The same doesn't hold for /d/, which has no palatal allophone. No palatal allophone has been heard for /ð/ as well, although it's pronounced [l] before non-front vowels (and sometimes even before front vowels). The same doesn't hold true for its geminated allophone, which is pronounced [ðː] in all environments.
Long high vowels get a voiceless off-glide word-finally, e.g. /tītíí/ [ʃīʃíːj̊].
Boreic has three tone levels, high, mid (which is the default one, although it doesn't surface often), and low. Word-final H-H (but not H-M) sequences downstep.
A rather extensive process of tone harmony happens, though, in which mid tones following any non-mid tone become non-mid. Glottalization blocks this process and so do stop+consonant clusters.
[ɸ θ/ʃ x pː tː/tːʃ kː b/m d/n g/ŋ bː/mb dː/nd gː/ŋg l/lᶞ/ð ɣ/ɰ ɾ ðː ɣː rː]
<p t/sh k pp/'p tt/'t/cc/'c kk/'k b/m d/n g/ŋ bb/mb dd/nd gg/ng th x r thth/'th xx/'x rr/'r>
i e a o u <i e a o u>
ˀ | V́ V̄ V̀ | Ṽ <V' (tone unmarked) Ṽ>
mid tone default
The voiced stops surface as nasals in the environment of nasal vowels (glottalization blocks the spread). /t/ is pronounced [ʃ] before /i/. The same doesn't hold for /d/, which has no palatal allophone. No palatal allophone has been heard for /ð/ as well, although it's pronounced [l] before non-front vowels (and sometimes even before front vowels). The same doesn't hold true for its geminated allophone, which is pronounced [ðː] in all environments.
Long high vowels get a voiceless off-glide word-finally, e.g. /tītíí/ [ʃīʃíːj̊].
Tone
Boreic has three tone levels, high, mid (which is the default one, although it doesn't surface often), and low. Word-final H-H (but not H-M) sequences downstep.
A rather extensive process of tone harmony happens, though, in which mid tones following any non-mid tone become non-mid. Glottalization blocks this process and so do stop+consonant clusters.