Consonants Voiceless plosives and are lightly aspirated ( and ). Some speakers alternate and for , but is always voiced. and only occur in loanwords. Schaub does not describe but consistently uses . tends to become aspirated in Christian names and become elsewhere. On the other hand, tends to become , even in Christian names.
Prenasalization Most of the stops and fricatives/affricates can be
prenasalized. Nasals are
homorganic to the following consonant. As a result, becomes before and . The following examples show which consonants can be prenasalized and the phonemic status of prenasalization. Note that become when prenasalized.
Labialization cannot be labialized. Consonants can be both prenasalized and labialized.
Vowels Vengo has nine phonemic vowels and five diphthongs or vowel-glide sequences.
Monophthongs Diphthongs Vengo's diphthongs are , , , , and .
Phonotactics Any consonant may occur word-initially or syllable-initially, but only and can occur finally. ==References==