Consonants[]
Payne (1981) describes the following Axininca consonant inventory:
Bilabial Apical Postalveolar
/PalatalVelar Glottal Unspecified Plosives aspirated tʰ unaspirated p t k voiced b d ɡ Affricates aspirated tsʰ tʃʰ unaspirated ts tʃ Fricatives voiceless ɸ s ç h voiced β z ʝ ɦ Nasals m n ɲ ŋ N Liquids r rʲ Approximants j ɰ
Vowels[]
Front Central Back Close unrounded ɪ rounded ʏ ʊ Mid unrounded ɛ ɜ ʌ rounded œ ɞ ɔ Open unrounded æ ɐ ɑ rounded ɒ