Alekano phonology

Alekano has 5 vowels and 12 consonants, though, a voiced labio-velar approximant, is only found only in the village name Wanima, its derivations or Pidgin loanwords.

Glottal coda
In Alekano, a syllable may only be closed with a glottal stop, as in "enough". This is currently not treated as one of the consonants, though it is unclear if words written as vowel initial begin with a glottal stop. It is written as an acute accent in the orthography, for example, ánesí.

Consonants
The lateral is initially and  between vowels.

The syllable
The most complex syllables are of the form, where VV may be a diphthong of , , or followed by  or , or of. Other vowels may also occur in sequence (hiatus).

Tone
Alekano has low and high tones, but with a very low functional load. HL receives strong stress, LH lesser stress.