Variety Saramaccan (Indo-European)

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
Stop p b t d c ɟ k kʷ g
Sibilant affricate
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z
Non-sibilant fricative f v h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɛːlong unrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel ɔːlong rounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

      
Other segments
 ɲɟ from voiced palatal nasal to voiced palatal stop cluster
 nd from voiced alveolar nasal to voiced alveolar stop cluster
 ŋg from voiced velar nasal to voiced velar stop cluster
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 mb from voiced bilabial nasal to voiced bilabial stop cluster
 gb voiced velar-and-bilabial stop consonant
 kp voiceless velar-and-bilabial stop consonant