| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal | |
| stop | p, b, pʰ, bʰ | t̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʰ | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | k, g, kʰ, gʰ | |||||
| trill | r, rʰ | ||||||||
| fricative | s | h | |||||||
| affricate | tʃ, dʒ, tʃʰ, dʒʰ | ||||||||
| nasal | m, mʰ | n, nʰ | ŋ | ||||||
| approximant | w | j | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| open-mid | ʌ | ||
| open | a |
/ai/, /ui/, /au/, /ʌi/, /ia/, /ae/
p, b, t̪, d̪, d̪ʰ, ʈ, ɖ, k, m, n, ŋ, dʒʰ, r, s, l
Source: Sharma, Narayan. 2013. Puma phonology: A descriptive analysis. Nepalese Linguistics 28.211–217.
Comments: “Diphthongs are marginal in Puma. The diphthong /ai/ is more productive compared with others which occurs in about a dozen stems. The diphthongs /ui/, /au/, and /ʌi/ occur only in couple of stems, while /ia/ and /ae/ occur only in each stem” (p. 216). /ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ/ are mostly found in Nepali borrowings.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)