Gorontalo phonology

Consonant sequences include NC (homorganic nasal–plosive), where C may be. Elsewhere, are relatively rare and only occur before high vowels. , written $\langle\rangle$ in the literature, is a laminal post-alveoral coronal stop that is indeterminate as to voicing. The phonemic status of is unclear; if  is interpreted as vowel sequences, then this contrasts with long vowels (where the two V's are the same) and vowel sequences separated by linking glides (where the two V's are different).