Variety Warao (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 b t d k g q
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
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 urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments