bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | glottal | |
stop | p, pʰ, b | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ | k, kʰ, g | |||||
tap | ɾ | |||||||
fricative | s | x | h | |||||
affricate | ts, tsʰ, dz | tɕ, dʑ | ||||||
nasal | m | n̪ | ŋ | |||||
approximant | w, ʍ | j | ||||||
lateral approximant | l, l̥ |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
close-mid | e | o | |
open | a |
front | central | back | |
close | iː | uː | |
near-close | ɪː | ʊː | |
close-mid | eː | oː | |
open | aː |
front | central | back | |
close | ĩ | ũ | |
near-close | ɪ̃ | ʊ̃ | |
close-mid | ẽ | õ | |
open | ã |
front | central | back | |
close | ĩː | ũː | |
near-close | ɪ̃ː | ʊ̃ː | |
close-mid | ẽː | õː | |
open | ãː |
Vl/r, Bl
p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, ɾ
CV(C)
Source: Michailovsky, Boyd. 1981. Grammaire de la Langue Hayu (Népal). University of California, Berkeley.
Comments: V — velar; B — bilabial. Length and nasality of vowels is distinctive only in first open syllables of polysyllabic words.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)