Maunspiek Phonology

> Consonants:

> |  m  |  n  | /// |  ŋ  | /// |

> |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

> | p b | t d | ʧ ʤ | k ɡ | /// |

> |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

> | f v | s z |  ʃ  | /// | h |

> |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

> | /// | l~ɫ |  j  |  w  | /// |

> |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

> | /// |  r  | /// | /// | /// |

>

> Vowels:

> |  i   | ɪ | / | ʊ | u  |

> |------|---|---|---|----|

> | e(ɪ) | ɛ | ə | ɔ | oʊ |

> |-----------------------|

> |         a~ä~ɑ         |

> Diphthongs: aɪ~aj, aʊ~aw, ɛɔ~ɛw, ɔɪ~ɔj, iɔ~iw

> Triphthongs: i(j)ə, u(w)ə, ajə, awə, ɔjə, owə

>

> Notes: /ŋ/ may be realised as [ŋɡ]. /t/ may be realised as [ʔ] in coda position. /d/ is [ɾ] intervocalically.

> Notes: /r/ is whatever rhotic you use in your dialect of English. /ɑ/ is variable, and /aɪ/ may be monophtongised to [ä].

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