Sèferi [ˈsø.fɛ.ri] is the language spoken by the Lesù people, on the island of Zaseshe. It is descended from Proto-Sèferi.
Phonology[]
Romanization is in italics.
Consonants[]
| Labials | Dentals | Palatoalveolar | Palatal/Velar | |||||
| Stops/Affricates | p p | b b | t t | d d | ʧ c | ʤ j | k k | g g |
| Fricatives | f f | s s | ʃ sh | ʝ z | ||||
| Nasals | m m | n n | ŋ ng | |||||
| Sonorants | r r | j y | ||||||
| Laterals | l l | ʎ ly | ||||||
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |||
| High | i i | y ì | ɯ u | u ù | |
| Mid | ɛ e | ø è | ʌ o | o ò | |
| Low | a a | ||||
Phonotactics[]
Strict
(C)V
syllable structure; hiatus is allowed. Each syllable is given equal weight, unless accented with an acute (unrounded vowels) or circumflex (rounded vowels) diacritic, which indicates a doubled vowel, pronounced twice as long as a single vowel.