Variety Waorani (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
Stop p b t d k g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative
Non-sibilant fricative
Approximant j
Flap or tap
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 ĩːlong nasalized unrounded close front vowel iːlong unrounded close front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel æ̃nasalized unrounded near-open front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel æ̃ːlong nasalized unrounded near-open front vowel æːlong unrounded near-open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãːlong nasalized unrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant