Variety Parakanã (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
Stop p t kʷ k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative β 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 ɨunrounded close central vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel éunrounded close-mid front with-high_tone 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
 oi from rounded close-mid back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɨo from unrounded close central to rounded close-mid back diphthong