Variety Puinave (isolate)

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 b t d c k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap ɺ ɾ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨːlong unrounded 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 eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel əːlong unrounded mid central vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant