Phonology
Consonants
|
|
Labial
|
Dental/
Alveolar
|
Post-
alveolar
|
Retroflex
|
Palatal
|
Velar
|
| Nasal
|
m
|
n
|
|
|
ɲ
|
ŋ
|
| Plosive
|
p
|
t
|
d
|
|
|
c
|
k
|
| Affricate
|
|
t͡s
|
t͡ʃʲ
|
|
|
|
| Fricative
|
ɸ
|
s̠
|
ʃ
|
ʂ
|
|
|
| Tap
|
|
ɾ
|
|
|
|
|
| Lateral
|
glide
|
|
l
|
|
|
ʎ
|
|
| fricative
|
|
ɬ
|
|
|
|
|
| Approximant
|
w
|
|
|
|
j
|
|
Vowels
|
|
Front
|
Central
|
Back
|
| Close
|
i |
ɨ ~ ə |
u
|
| Mid
|
e |
o
|
| Open
|
|
a |
|
Orthography
Consonants
The following table presents the LANGUAGENAME letters, the sounds they correspond to in International Phonetic Alphabet and how these can be approximated more or less by an English speaker.
| Letter
|
Major Value
(IPA)
|
English approximation
|
| Aa |
/a/ |
|
| Aa |
/a/ |
|
Vowels