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 === Consonants ===
-Alhi has 20 consonants.
+Alhi has 20 consonants. More than half are labial or alveolar, with there being only six non-labial/alveolar consonants. The table will have the romanizations of certain phonemes next to them.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Consonant table of '''''Modern Standard Solau-Ler Alhi'''''
+! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
+! rowspan="2" |Labial
+! colspan="2" |Alveolar
+! rowspan="2" |Palatal
+! rowspan="2" |Uvulovelar
+|-
+!'''Central'''
+!'''Lateral'''
+|-
+| colspan="2" |'''Nasal'''
+|''m''
+|''n''
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |'''Plosive'''
+| +V
+|''p''
+|''t''
+|
+|''c''
+|''k''
+|-
+| -V
+|''b''
+|''d''
+|
+|'''''ɟ''' j''
+|''g''
+|-
+| rowspan="2" |'''Fricative'''
+| +V
+|''f''
+|''s''
+|'''''ɬ''' lh, ll, ļ''
+|
+|'''''χ''' h''
+|-
+| -V
+|''v''
+|''z''
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+| colspan="2" |'''Approximant'''
+|'''''ʋ''' w''
+|
+|''l''
+|'''''j''' y''
+|
+|-
+| colspan="2" |'''Rhotic'''
+|
+|''r''
+|
+|
+|
+|}
+==== Consonant clusters ====
+The rules of consonant clusters, like the rules of compounding, are not clearly defined, but the ''Icujajalhi'' has noted some tendencies.
+* Obstruent clusters will likely be of matching voicings.
+* Consonant clusters are somewhat uncommon.
+* Many consonant clusters are ''/s/ + C'' or the reverse.
+=== Vowels ===
+Alhi has 6 vowels, with only 1 central vowel.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Vowels of MSSLA
+!
+!Front
+!Central
+!Back
+|-
+|'''High'''
+|''i''
+|'''''ɨ''' ı''
+|''u''
+|-
+|'''Mid'''
+|''e''
+|
+|''o''
+|-
+|'''Low'''
+|''a''
+|
+|
+|}
+==== Diphthongs and triphthongs ====
+Alhi has a few true diphthongs and one triphthong. The diphthongs are '''/ei/''', '''/ou/''', '''/au/''', '''/eu/'''. The singular triphthong is '''/eia/''', but many dialects also have '''/oua/''' (MSSLA interprets that as '''/ouχa/'''). Many other diphthongs can exist (like '''/oi/''') but these can only exist in words and not from the result of a word plus an affix. An epenthetic '''/χ/''' is inserted to prevent vowel hiatus at the edges of words/affixes.
+==== Vowel hiatus ====
+Vowel hiatus in Alhi is prevented by the insertion of /χ/ between the vowels. The prevention of vowel hiatus occurs when an suffix that begins with a vowel tries to attach onto a word that ends in a vowel, these word-suffix vowel sequences aren't allowed in Alhi phonology and must have a /χ/ inserted between them. (This also applies to prefixes that end in a vowel and if the prefixed word begins in a vowel). Vowel hiatus can also occur in compounds when vowels touch, but this is dialectal.