Variety Aeka (Nuclear Trans New Guinea)

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 t d c k g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative β v h
Approximant j
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 nasalized rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel nasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel nasalized rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant