Arikapú phonology

Arikapú alphabet

a

ä

b

d

dj

e

h

i

ï

k

'

m

n

o

p

r

t

tx

u

ü

y

w

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel : ⟨ã ä̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ⟩.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ	u ũ
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-mid	e ẽ		o õ
Mid	ɛ	ə ə̃	ɔ
Open	æ	a ãʌ̃	ɑ

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t			k	ʼ /ʔ/
	voiced	b	d			g
Affricate				tx /t͡ʃ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /ɸ/	s	x /ʃ/		c /x/	h
	voiced	v /β/	z	j /ʒ/		ɣ	h
Nasal		m	n			ŋ
Approximant			l		y /j/	w
Flap			r /ɾ/

External links

• Arikapú language