Idun phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Labial-palatal	Velar	Labial-velar	Glottal
Stop	p b		t d			c ɟ		k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
Nasal	m		n					ŋ
Tap			ɾ		ɽ
Trill			r
Fricative		f v	s z	ʃ ʒ				x ɣ		h
Affricate	p̪͡f b̪͡v		t͡s d͡z
Approximant						j	ɥ		w
Lateral			(l)1

1. Only in recent loanwords, mostly from Hausa

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-Close	ɪ		ʊ
Close-Mid	e		o
Open-Mid	ɛ		ʌ ɔ
Open	æ	a	ɒ

All vowels except the near-close vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ can appear long, nasalised or both; the vowels /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ are being lost for young speakers.

Tone

There are three level tones in Idun, as well as a rising tone and falling tone arising from adjacent level tones.

External links

• Idun language