Variety Nuk (Tamben Dialect) (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 m̩ n n̩ ŋ
Stop p b t̪ t d k g q
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative ɣ ʁ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap ɾ
Trill
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 əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant