Variety Yapese (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 n nː ŋ
Stop p b t tʰ d cʰ k g q ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʰ tsʷʰ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative f
Approximant l lʷ lː j
Flap or tap
Trill r rʷ rː
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel yrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel œrounded open-mid front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front 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