/æ/、/e/、/i/、/y/、/ɑ/、/o/、/u/

it has /ɬ/ and /ɮ/, in many dialects /ɬ/ had assimilated with /ɮ/.

there once had an mid front rounded vowel, and is still reflected in writting and transcription, but the mid front rounded vowel has been merged with its unrounded counterpart /e/ in actual speech.

the underlying maximal syllable structure is (C)(C)(C)(C)V(N), non-nasal consonantal "endings"(mostly continuants like r,ll,lh,s,z,etc) are seen as having an elided reduced vowel following it(or are seen as syllabic consonants), and all word-medial consonant clusters shall have the form of "a nasal+a single consonant", "an initial cluster"(a consonant cluster that are permitted to start a sord), "a nasal + an initial cluster"(a consonant cluster that are permitted to start a sord)

for example, the syllable structure of kunomostomistakimos("he/she/it doesn't give him/her/it to him/her/it) is interpreted as "ku-no-mo-sto-mi-sta-ki-mo-s"(note that s is interpreted as a independent syllable), having 9 syllables and morae, not "ku-no-mos-to-mis-ta-ki-mos"; the syllable structure of mallormuki("let's go") is interpreted as "ma-llo-r-mu-ki"(note that s is interpreted as a independent syllable), not "ma-llor-mu-ki".

plosive endings of a syllable can only be found in loanwords.

In fact, both Labial-velars and "Th'" sounds do occur, and it also has Labiodentals.

Numbers are mostly indicated by agreements.

Adpositions are in fact derivated from verbs( and nouns).

adpositions are postpositions, and most of them are derivated from verbs(and nouns).

prenominal demonstratives and demonstrative suffixes are used.

The native numeral system can only modify verbs; while a Nevotak-origin system can modify nouns.

Sakawi speakers don't normally count the number of people or one's properties, when it's necessary to do so, numbers don't modify nouns.

Sakawi doesn't have relative clause in the european sense, it doesn't have attributive verbs(which can be seen as a way to form relative clauses), either.

but in a broader sense, it has relative clasue, it uses a Non-reduction strategy, as shown below:

sakani vempe kapanozmizmakir, sewi zar dumozminakir

saka-ni vempe kapan-ozm-izm-ak-ir, sewi zar dum-ozm-in-ak-ir

people-REL meat roast-3.PL.P-3.PL.A-INDIC-PAST, 3.PL yesterday see-3.PL.P-1.SG.A-INDIC-PAST

translation: Yesterday I saw people who roasted meat.

The relative markers are also used as a highlighter or a topic marker.