Tifal phonology

Consonants

 * is realized as word finally, as  in syllable-coda position before a consonant, and  elsewhere.
 * is realized as in syllable coda before a consonant and  elsewhere.
 * is realized as intervocalically, e.g. :  'water container'.
 * is intervocalically,  in syllable coda before consonants, and  elsewhere.
 * is realized as before.
 * is alveolar adjacent to back vowels and alveodental elsewhere. One dialect realizes as  intervocalically.

Vowels
and rarely contrast.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is (C)V(C). The expression kwiin takan 'oh my!' may be an exception.

only occurs word-initially. only occurs syllable-initially. is always syllable-final.

Initial only occurs in some dialects. Initial occurs in two dialects, and may usually be interpreted as C+V.

and occur syllable-initially. Only one dialect allows syllable-coda.

Stress
In inflected words stress lies on the last syllable of the verb stem. Otherwise, if there are long vowels stress falls on the first in the word. If all vowels are short, stress falls on the last syllable if it is closed and the first syllable otherwise.