| bilabial | alveolar | palatal | velar | |
| stop | pʰ, b | tʰ, d | k, g | |
| trill | r | |||
| fricative | β | s̠ | x | |
| affricate | ts, dz | |||
| nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
| approximant | j | |||
| lateral approximant | l |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| near-close | ɪ | ||
| close-mid | o | ||
| mid | ə | ||
| open | a |
| front | central | back | |
| close | iː | uː | |
| near-close | ɪː | ||
| close-mid | oː | ||
| mid | əː | ||
| open | aː |
| front | central | back | |
| close | ĩ | ũ | |
| near-close | ɪ̃ | ||
| close-mid | õ | ||
| mid | ə̃ | ||
| open | ã |
/iə/, /iu/, /ɪa/, /ɪo/, /əi/, /əu/, /aɪ/, /ao/, /ui/, /uə/, /oɪ/, /oa/, /iə̃/, /iũ/, /ɪã/, /ɪõ/, /əĩ/, /əũ/, /aɪ̃/, /aõ/, /uĩ/, /uə̃/, /oɪ̃/, /oã/
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Source: V.A. Avrorin. 1959. Grammatika nanajskogo jazyka. Vol. 1. Moscow: Akademia Nauk SSSR.
Comments: /j/ is not found syllable- and word-finally. Nasal vowels are found only word-finally. /ɪ̃/ is rare because it often becomes /ĩ/. Long nasal vowels are impossible on the surface because word-finally long vowels are shortened. However, they may be posited underlyingly based on alternations (ulẽ ‘good’ > uleːɲdʒi ‘well’).
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)