Variety Tangko (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 n ɲ ŋ ɴ
Stop p  b ⁿb t d k q ɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative ɸ β χ ʁ ʕ 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 long unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel long rounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel ɯːlong unrounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong 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 ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɥ voiced labio-palatal approximant consonant
 ai from unrounded open front to unrounded close front diphthong
 ɑu from unrounded open back to rounded close back diphthong