Variety Tsimihety (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 ⁿp p b ⁿb t ⁿt d ⁿd k ⁿk g ⁿg
Sibilant affricate ts ⁿts dz ⁿdz ⁿʈʂ 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
 au̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong
 ai̯ from unrounded open front to non-syllabic unrounded close front diphthong
 ia from unrounded close front to unrounded open front 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