Variety Seri (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
Stop p t̪ t c k kː kʷ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ x xʷ χ χʷ h
Approximant j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative ɬ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel æːlong unrounded near-open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant