Maká phonology

Velar consonants alternate with palatal consonants before /e/ and sometimes before /a/. Examples include ~  "autumn" and  ~  "stork". The palatal approximant /j/ alternates with the palatal fricative /ç/ before /i/, as in ~.

Syllables in Maká may be of types V, VC, CV, CCV, and CCVC. When a consonant cluster appears at the beginning of a syllable, the second consonant must be /x/, /h/, /w/, or /y/.