| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
| stop | p, b | t̪, d̪ | ʈ, ɖ | c, ɟ | k, g | q | |||
| trill | r | ||||||||
| tap | ɽ | ||||||||
| fricative | θ̪ | s | ɣ | h | |||||
| nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| approximant | w | j | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| open | a |
| front | central | back | |
| close | iː | uː | |
| close-mid | eː | oː | |
| open | aː |
Ø
Source: Steever, Sanford B. 1998. Malto. The Dravidian languages, ed. by Sanford B. Steever, 359–387. Routledge language family descriptions. London ; New York: Routledge.
Comments: Initial clusters occur in two borrowed words: prani ‘life’, praja ‘tent’.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)