The thesis co~sists of three maior sectioDs:rn(i) phonemes and ~.llophones" (ii) +uLe s of phoneticrn.ceali'Ti ' z.am ons , an,d""'I),Lll suprasep;men' tl8. 8rnIn the section deal ing w it h the phOneE1.8Sandrnal Lophone s , the consonent and voweI phcnemes are Lis t edrnVJith their allophonic var i arrt n , giving examnl.es ofrntheir distributions, In this section also dealing Hithrnseqnences and clusters of consonant nhonemes ~ co'Â·rnoc cur-r-ence s of the consonants are cLas s i f i.ed in termsrnof their manner of articulations such as ~ stops"rnaf'f r i cat es , fricatives, nas al.s , Li oui.d.s, glides, andrntheir d'i s tr-i.but.Lons in wor-d.s , and in the next s ec t i.on ,rnf i.na l.Lv culminating 'fortih a summary of the syll8blernstructu~e of the languagernIn the r-n l es of phonetic real i zat i ons , aas i.rai.Lat oryrnand non=as s i.mi Lat ocv r.r-o ce s se s 8S" palata I i zat i on ,rnl~Jinli~ation, nasali~8tion, homorganic nasal assimilatrn' t' iL t:' r 1 lOD., consonan as s i.nu.. a v r on .Lengt"n 'j), vowe1 888l.8, 1.18.t'r.on ,rn.i.nt et-voc al ic 1-Ie ake rri ng , vowe1 r-educ t i on , vowe 1. insertionrnand glide formation? are t100T'ol.W;h1d.:iv scus sed andrnan"tlysedornIn the section dealing wi th supr-aseguent.aLs ,rnconsonant ~ength is analysed; and the relationshiprnbetween pitch and strese .is a180 dete rnnned c ThernLrrt onat i on patterns of the language are also exami.ned .