Chamorro phonology

Chamorro has 24 phonemes: 18 are consonants and 6 are vowels.

Vowels

Chamorro has at least 6 vowels, which include:

• /ɑ/, open back unrounded vowel equivalent to the "a" in the Received Pronunciation of "father."
• /æ/, near-open front unrounded vowel equivalent to the "a" in the Received Pronunciation of "cat."
• /e/, close-mid front unrounded vowel equivalent to the "é" in the French pronunciation of "café".
• /i/, close front unrounded vowel equivalent to the "ee" in "sleep."
• /o/, close-mid back unrounded vowel equivalent to the "o" in the Japanese word "kodomo" or Spanish "todo."
• /u/, close back rounded vowel equivalent to the "u" in the Received Pronunciation of "flu."

Consonants

Below is a chart of Chamorro consonants; all are unaspirated.

Table of consonant phonemes of Chamorro

	Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p b	t d	c ɟ	k ɡ ɡʷ	ʔ
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	f v	s z	ç ʝ	x ɣ	h
Affricate		t̪͡s̪ d̪͡z̪
Tap	ⱱ	ɾ~ɻ
Approximant	ʋ	ɹ	j	ɰ
Lateral		l	ʎ	ʟ

External links

• Chamorro language