Variety Beami (Bosavi)

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
Stop p b t d k g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative f h
Approximant l ʎ 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 ĩnasalized unrounded close front vowel ĩːlong nasalized unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽnasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel ɛ̃nasalized unrounded open-mid front vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔ̃nasalized rounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ʌunrounded open-mid back vowel æːlong unrounded near-open front vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel ɑ̃nasalized unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant