Meithei phonology

Tone
The Meithei language makes heavy use of intonation, with marked controversy over whether there are two or three types of tones used in speech.

Assimilation
Assimilation of sounds occurs in noted instances when the preceding syllable ends in a nasal sound or occasionally a semivowel sound, and the following syllable ends in either a nasal, semivowel, or vowel sound; additionally this will occur on suffixes and enclitics.

Velar Deletion
A velar deletion is noted to occur on the suffix -lək when following a syllable ending with a /k/ phoneme.

Phonemes
Meithei makes use of the following sounds: