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Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glotal | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Oral) Stop | p | b | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | g | q | ɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| (Nasal) Stop | m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||||||||||||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ʀ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affricate | tʃ | dʒ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ | ħ | ʕ | h | ɦ |
| Lateral fricative |
ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | ɹ | ɻ | j | w | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant |
l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | i • y | ɨ • ʉ | ɯ • u | ||
| ɪ • ʏ | ʊ | ||||
| Mid-high | e • ø | ɘ • ɵ | ɤ • o | ||
| ə | |||||
| Mid-low | ɛ • œ | ɜ • ɞ | ʌ • ɔ | ||
| æ | ɐ | ||||
| Low | a • ɶ | ɑ • ɒ |