A sequence of phonemes with one peak of sonority is called a syllable. There will be one or more syllables in each word. In each syllable, the vowel has the peak of sonority. This vowel may be preceded by one or more consonants or semi-vowels in the same syllable. The preceding consonant's) and semi-vowel's) are called the onset of the syllable. The vowel may also be followed by one or more consonant's) or semi-vowel's). The following consonant's) and semi-vowel's) are called the coda of the syllable. For example, in the mono-syllabic word ba:R ‘stream’ b is the onset a: is the peak and R is the coda. If a syllable ends with the vowel, it is called the open syllable. It is called the closed syllable if it ends in a consonant or semi-vowel.
The following are the different syllabic patterns in this language. The words in Brokskat consist of one to seven syllable. However, words with two syllables are more common.