• The
archiphoneme has , , and as its
allophones. The allophone occurs word-initially, adjacent to , as the second member of a consonant cluster consisting of a
coronal consonant and , and as the second member of any consonant cluster preceded by . occurs in
free variation with word-initially, but otherwise occurs in
complementary distribution with it. occurs in free variation with and word-initially, and with elsewhere. These /r/ sounds are even applied to loanwords from Ilokano and Tagalog, and Spanish loanwords from the 2 languages. • The plosives , , , and have, respectively, (representing an
interdental consonant), , , and as their syllable-initial allophones. • The voiced stop also has and as its allophones. Both of these allophones occur as the first member of a
geminate cluster. They are in free variation. • The approximant has one allophone: . occurs after . becomes a slightly
centralized when in a syllable whose
coda is . When in the
nucleus, and are slightly raised and is lowered. There are two degrees of stress in Bontoc:
primary and secondary. Primary stress is phonemic and secondary stress is predictable. Both types are right-oriented and occur on one of the last three syllables. Stress's effects include higher pitch, louder volume, and lengthening of the syllable nucleus, though these are all subject to certain rules pertaining to word
prosody. ==Example text==