Variety Kayabí (Tupian)

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 ŋ
Stop p p̃ t k kʷ g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative β f h
Approximant 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 iunrounded close front vowel ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel íunrounded close front with-high_tone vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨ̃nasalized unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɨ̃i from nasalized unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong
 eu from unrounded close-mid front to rounded close back diphthong
 ua from rounded close back to unrounded open front diphthong