There are two contrastive phonemic tones in Telefol, high and low.
Also, single /e/ and /o/ don't occur in one-syllable words or in terminal syllables.
[citation needed] /ŋ/ is allowed in medial, but not word-initial, onsets.
[citation needed] Telefol has a rich aspectual system.
This is mapped onto the body by counting each of the following: the left pinky to the left thumb (1-5); the wrist, lower arm, elbow, upper arm, and shoulder (6-10); the side of the neck, ear, and left eye (11-13); the nose (14); and similarly on the right side in reverse order, from the right eye to the right pinky (15-27).