Variety Tamil (Dravidian)

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 n̪ nː n ɳ ɳː ɲ ŋ
Stop p pː b t̪ t̪ː tː ʈ ʈː ɖ k kː g
Sibilant affricate tɕ tɕː dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative β ð h
Approximant ʋ ʋː l lː ɻ ɭ ɭː j jː
Flap or tap ɾ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded 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 ʌunrounded open-mid back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments