Variety Zway (Afro-Asiatic)

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 mː n ɲ
Stop b bː t tʼ tʼː d dː kʼ k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ tʃʼ tʃː dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s sː z zː ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f fː h
Approximant lː l j
Flap or tap
Trill r 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 ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨːlong unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 aːi̯ from long unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 oi̯ from rounded close-mid back to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 əi̯ from unrounded mid central to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong