Variety Betsimisaraka (Austronesian)

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 ŋ
Stop p b ⁿb t ⁿt d ⁿd k ⁿk ⁿg
Sibilant affricate ⁿts ts ⁿdz dz ʈʂ ⁿɖʐ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l
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 urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 ia from unrounded close front to unrounded open front diphthong
 au̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 iu from unrounded close front to rounded close back diphthong
 ue from rounded close back to unrounded close-mid front diphthong
 ie from unrounded close front to unrounded close-mid front diphthong