Variety Saipan Carolinian (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 mʷ m mʷː mː ŋ ŋː
Stop p pʷː pː bʷ t tː kː g gʰ gʱ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʰ tsʰː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative sʰ s
Non-sibilant fricative f fː
Approximant l lː j
Flap or tap
Trill r
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel iunrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

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