Hamtai phonology

In Hamtai, there are 14 consonants, 7 vowels, and two tones (rising and falling).

Vowels

Table of vowels in Hamtai

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i /i/	i /ɨ/	u /u/
Open Mid			ä, aa /ʌ/
Close Mid	e /e/		o /o/
Open		a /a/

Consonants

Table of consonant phonemes in Hamtai

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/		ng /ŋ/	j /ɴ/
Plosive		p /p/	t /t/	c /c/	k /k/	k̥/q /q/	' /ʔ/
Approximant	voiced	b /ʋ/		y /j/	w /w/
	unvoiced				wh /w̥/
Fricative	voiced	v /v/	z /z/		g /ɣ/
	unvoiced	f /f/	s /s/		x /x/		h /h/

External links

• Hamtai language