Variety Chenapian (Sepik)

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 nʲ ŋ
Stop p b t d k kʷ g gʷ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ dʒ ʈʂ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ʂ
Non-sibilant fricative β f v h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r r̝
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 ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel ʊrounded near-close near-back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel öcentralized rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel aunrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

 
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ou̯ from rounded close-mid back to non-syllabic rounded close back diphthong