Variety Nheengatu (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 ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t d k kʷ g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tʃ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative v h
Approximant l 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 urounded close back vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel úrounded close back with-high_tone vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel éunrounded close-mid front with-high_tone vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel áunrounded open front with-high_tone vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 nd from voiced alveolar nasal to voiced alveolar stop cluster
 iu from unrounded close front to rounded close back diphthong
 mb from voiced bilabial nasal to voiced bilabial stop cluster