Variety Ngäbere (Chibchan)

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 ɲ ŋ
Stop b t d k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative ɣ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap ɾ
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 iunrounded close front vowel ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel ɯ̃nasalized unrounded close back vowel ɪ̃nasalized unrounded near-close near-front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant