Phonology

For more information on Mato phonology, please consult Mato Organized Phonology Data (2005) and Mato Organized Phonology Data Supplement (2005), both available on the SIL-PNG Language Resources website.

 

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p  b	t  d		k  g
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Trill		r
Fricative		s		x	h
Approx			j
Lateral Approx		l

/w/ voiced labio-velar approximant

 

Vowels

i				u
e				o
		ɑ

 

Stress

Stress is predictable and usually falls on the penultimate syllable. Exceptions occur when heavy syllables attract word-final stress.