Variety Korowai (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 n̪ n ŋ ɴ
Stop p p̚ b ˀb t̪ d̪ t d ⁿd k g ⁿg q ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s̪ s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ β θ ð
Approximant l̪ l j
Flap or tap ɾ̥ ɾ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel ɨːlong unrounded close central vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel urounded close back vowel ɯːlong unrounded close back vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel ẽːlong nasalized unrounded close-mid front vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɜunrounded open-mid central vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel æːlong unrounded near-open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

     
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 ʍ voiceless labio-velar approximant consonant
 əi from unrounded mid central to unrounded close front diphthong
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong