Consonants (pulmonic)
p (voiced bilabial plosive)
Lips come together then apart for the vowel. Remember this is unaspirated, try spark with a silent /s/.
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive |
p b | t d | ʈ ɖ | c ɟ | k ɡ | q ɢ | ʔ | ||||
Nasal |
m | ɱ | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | ||||
Trill |
ʙ | r | ʀ | ||||||||
Tap or Flap |
ⱱ | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||
Fricative |
ɸ β | f v | θ ð | s z | ʃ ʒ | ʂ ʐ | ç ʝ | x ɣ | χ ʁ | ħ ʕ | h ɦ |
Lateral fricative |
ɬ ɮ | ||||||||||
Approximant |
ʋ | ɹ | ɻ | j | ɰ | ||||||
Lateral approximant |
l | ɭ | ʎ | ʟ |
Notes
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