Variety Tembé (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 t k kʷ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tʃ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative 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 i̯ːlong non-syllabic unrounded close front vowel íunrounded close front with-high_tone vowel ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨ̃nasalized unrounded close central 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 órounded close-mid back with-high_tone vowel əunrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel áunrounded open front with-high_tone vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant