Variety Marshallese (Austronesian)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m mʷ mʷː n ŋ ŋʷ ŋː
Stop p pː bʷ bʷː b t tː tʰ tʷ d dː k kʷ kː ʔ
Sibilant affricate dʒ dʒː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative
Non-sibilant fricative h hʷ
Approximant l lː j jː
Flap or tap
Trill r rʷ
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

 
Other segments
 ei from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded close front diphthong
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant