Variety Wambon (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 ŋ ɴ
Stop p  b ⁿb t  d ⁿd k g q  ɢ ⁿɢ ʔ
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate ⁿdʒ
Sibilant fricative s
Non-sibilant fricative β ʝ x ʁ h
Approximant l ɹ j
Flap or tap ɾ
Trill ʙ 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 ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel nasalized unrounded open front vowel long unrounded 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