Variety Nivkh (Nivkh)

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 ɲ ŋ
Stop p pʰ b tʰ t d cʰ c ɟ k kʰ g q qʰ ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ χ ʁ h
Approximant l lʲ j
Flap or tap
Trill r̥ r rʲ
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 ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɤunrounded close-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments