Variety Northern Sami (Uralic)

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 ɲː ŋ ŋː
Stop p   b t   d  c ɟ k   g
Sibilant affricate ts tsː dzː dz  tʃː dʒː
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative  s ʃ ʃː ʃʲ
Non-sibilant fricative β f v  θː ð ðː ðʲ h
Approximant l   ʎː j ʎ
Flap or tap
Trill r 
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 unrounded close front with-high_tone vowel urounded close back vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel unrounded close-mid front with-mid_tone vowel rounded close-mid back with-mid_tone vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel long unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments