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[[Kallestiyes]] phonology is thought to be uncommon and relatively exotic compared to existing human languages.

== Phonemes ==
The tables below show all the phonemes used in the kallestiyes language.

=== Consonants ===
The following consonant inventory has a regular size, but this collection of phoneme is really uncommon in existing human languages.
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Dentals
!Alveolars
!Postalveolars
!Palatals
!Velars
!Uvular
!Glottals
|-
!Plosives
|
|t d
|
|
|k g
|
|ʔ
|-
!Nasals
|
|n
|
|ɲ
|ŋ
|
|
|-
!Fricatives
|θ ð
|s z
|ʃ ʒ
|
|
|χ ʁ
|h
|-
!Liquids
|
|l
|
|j
|w
|
|
|}

=== Vowels ===
The reduced set of vowels is mostly caused by the primitive nature of the [[Kastelar civilisation]].
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Unrounded
!Rounded
|-
!High
|i (ː)
|y (ː)
|-
!Mid
|ɛ (ː)
|
|}

== Phonotactics ==
The Kallestiyes uses the following syllabic structure: ''(C)(C)V(C)(C)'' with ''C'' for consonants and ''V'' for vowels. The onset can be all the consonants previously shown, the nucleus is made with any vowels and the coda must be a consonant as well but not [h] and [ʔ]

As a reminder, in the Kallestiyes sylabic structure, the first (C)(C) is optionnal and is the onset, V is the nucleus and must present and the last (C)(C) is the coda which is also optionnal.

=== Onset Combinations ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
! colspan="13" |Second
|-
!First
!'''t'''
!'''d'''
!'''k'''
!n
!'''g'''
!'''s'''
!'''z'''
!'''ʃ'''
!'''ʒ'''
!'''χ'''
!'''ʁ'''
!'''l'''
!'''j'''
|-
!'''t'''
| -
| -
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
|•
| -
|•
|-
!'''d'''
| -
| -
| -
| •
| •
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
|-
!'''k'''
|•
| -
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
| -
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''g'''
| -
| -
| -
|•
| -
| -
|•
| -
|•
| -
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''s'''
|•
| -
|•
|•
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''z'''
| -
|•
| -
|•
|•
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''ʃ'''
|•
| -
|•
|•
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
| -
|•
|-
!'''ʒ'''
| -
| -
| -
|•
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''ʁ'''
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
|-
!'''l'''
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|•
|}

=== Coda Combinations ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! colspan="9" |Second
|-
!First
!'''t''' 
!'''d''' 
!'''k''' 
!n
!'''g''' 
!'''s''' 
!'''z''' 
!'''ʃ''' 
!'''ʒ''' 
|-
!'''t''' 
| - 
| - 
| - 
| -
| - 
|• 
| - 
|• 
| - 
|-
!'''d''' 
| - 
| - 
| - 
| -
| - 
| - 
|• 
| - 
|• 
|-
!'''k''' 
|• 
| - 
| - 
| -
| - 
|• 
| - 
|• 
| - 
|-
!n
|•
|•
|~ŋk
| -
|~ŋg
|•
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''g'''
| - 
| - 
| - 
| -
| - 
| - 
|• 
| - 
|• 
|-
!'''s'''
|• 
| - 
|• 
| -
| - 
| - 
| - 
| - 
| - 
|-
!'''z'''
| - 
|• 
| - 
| -
|• 
| - 
| - 
| - 
| - 
|-
!'''ʃ'''
|• 
| - 
|• 
| -
| - 
| - 
| - 
| - 
| - 
|-
!'''ʁ'''
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|•
|-
!'''l'''
| •
| •
| •
|•
| •
| •
| - 
| •
| •
|-
!'''j''' 
| •
| •
| •
|•
| •
| •
| •
| •
| •
|}