Variety Hokkaido Ainu (Ainu)

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 mː n nː ŋ
Stop p pː b t tː d k kː g
Sibilant affricate ts tsː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ 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 eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

  
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 aɪ from unrounded open front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong
 eɪ from unrounded close-mid front to unrounded near-close near-front diphthong