| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ejective | p' | t' | k' | |||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | q | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Trill | ʀ | |||||
| Fricatives | f v | s z | x | h | ||
| Lateral | l |
| Front | Center | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Open | a ã |
( h (C)) V (N)
- C: Any consonant
- V: Any vowel
Stress usually falls on the second to last syllable, unless the word ends in a nasal vowel or preaspirates suffixes, in which case it falls on the last syllable.
Proto-Hakean primarily a VSO language, though noun fronting is a common strategy to mark indefinite nouns and actors that are being introduced to the universe of discourse. Resulting in common SVO, OVS and SOV word orders.
The verb phrase is, maximally, as follows:
(Preposition) Verb (Adverbs) (Aux_Verb)
Preverbal adpositions are valency increasing operators. These are ussually applied before intransitive verbs to have them take a locative object, though they might also serve to form dative or causative constructions. Only a small subset of adpositions is allowed in this role.
The order of adverbs is time -- manner -- place.
Auxiliary verbs are primarily used as aspect markers.