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The [[multigraph]]s for complex consonants are not always transparent. The labial-velar and labial-alveolar consonants are written with the labial second: ''kp'' {{IPA|/k͡p/}}, ''dp'' {{IPA|/ṭ͡p/}}, ''tp'' {{IPA|/t̪͡p/}}, ''ngm'' {{IPA|/ŋ͡m/}}, ''nm'' {{IPA|/ṇ͡m/}}, ''ńm'' {{IPA|/n̪͡m/}}, ''lv'' {{IPA|/l͡β/}}. Prenasalized {{IPA|/mp/}} is written ''mb,'' but {{IPA|/nt̪/}} and {{IPA|/ŋk/}} are written ''nt'' and ''nk'' to distinguish them from ''nd'' {{IPA|/nṭ/}} and ''ng'' {{IPA|/ŋ/}}. Prenasalized stops are written with an ''m'' when labial, including doubly articulated stops, as with ''md'' {{IPA|/ṇ͡mṭ͡p/}} or ''mg'' {{IPA|/ŋ͡mk͡p/}}, and with ''n'' otherwise. Nasal release is likewise written ''n'' or ''m,'' as in ''dny'' {{IPA|/ṭṇʲ/}}, ''kn'' {{IPA|/kŋ/}}, ''dm'' {{IPA|/ṭ͡pṇ͡m/}}, ''km'' {{IPA|/k͡pŋ͡m/}}. Labialization is written ''w,'' and palatalization ''y,'' apart from ''ch'' for {{IPA|/tʲ/}} and ''nj'' for {{IPA|/ntʲ/}} (it is not clear if ''ch'' and ''nj'' are dental or (post-)alveolar).
Of the vowels, only ''a'' and ''u'' occur initially. Long vowels are written doubled, and nasal vowels with a preceding colon (''꞉a'' for {{IPA|/ã/}}), except for short vowels after a nasal consonant (or a nasal release?), where vowel nasality is not contrastive.
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