Variety Nakai (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 mʷ n ŋ ɴ
Stop p̚ p b bʷ ⁿb t̪ d̪ t t̚ d ⁿd k k̚ g q qʷ ɢ ⁿɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate dz̪ dz dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative β ʝ ʁ ħ ʕ h
Approximant l̪ l j
Flap or tap ɽ
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel ũnasalized rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛ̃nasalized unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑ̃nasalized unrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

  
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ʍ voiceless labio-velar approximant consonant