EURPhon: Mah Meri

Mah Meri

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Aslian

Lat/lon: 2.634804, 101.72108

ISO code: mhe

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, b, pʰ		t, d, tʰ			k, g, kʰ	ʔ
tap			ɾ
fricative			s				h
affricate				tɕ, dʑ, tɕʰ
nasal	m̥, m		n̥, n		ɲ̊, ɲ	ŋ̊, ŋ
approximant		w, ʍ			j	ɰ
lateral approximant			l̥, l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ̞	ɯ, u
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ		ɯ̃, ũ
close-mid	ẽ		õ
mid		ə̃
open-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
open		ã

Short breathy voiced series

	front	central	back
close	i̤		ɯ̤, ṳ
close-mid	e̤		o̤
mid		ə̤
open-mid	ɛ̤		ɔ̤
open		a̤

Source: Kruspe, Nicole; and John Hajek. 2009. Mah Meri. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 39.241–248.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)