Variety Ninam (Yanomamic)

Form Concept Segments

Segments are color-coded by frequency in the wordlist:

0-20  -39  -59  -78  -97  -117  -136  -156  -175  -194
          

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 m̥ n
Stop p t tʰ k
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative h
Approximant j
Flap or tap ɾ
Trill
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 ɯunrounded close back vowel ɯ̃nasalized unrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded 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 ə̃nasalized 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