Kipea phonology

Phonology of the Kipeá language:

Consonant sounds

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	/p/ (p)	/t/ (t)		/k/ (k)
	voiced	/b/ (b)	/d/ (d)		/ɡ/ (g)
Nasal		/m/ (m)	/n/ (n)	/ɲ/ (ɲ)	/ŋ/ (ŋ)
Affricate	voiceless		/t͡s/ (ts)	/t͡ʃ/ (tʃ)
	voiced		/d͡z/ (dz)	/d͡ʒ/ (dʒ)
Fricative	voiceless	/f/ (f)	/s/ (s)	/ʃ/ (ʃ)	/x/ (x)	/h/ (h)
	voiced	/v/ (v)	/z/ (z)	/ʒ/ (ʒ)	/ɣ/ (ɣ)
Approximant	voiceless	/ʋ̥/ (y)	/ɹ̥/ (l)	/j̊/ (c)	/ɰ̊/ (q)
	voiced	/ʋ/ (ʋ)	/ɹ/ (r)	/j/ (j)	/ɰ/ (w)

A voiced plosive [ɡ] can have an allophone of [ŋ].

Vowel/Nasal sounds

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded		unrounded	rounded
High	/i/ (i)	/y/ (ø)	/ɨ/ (ɨ)	/ɯ/ (ɯ)	/u/ (u)
Mid-high	/e ẽ/ (e)				/o õ/ (ʊ)
Mid-low	/ɛ/ (ɛ)	/œ/ (œ)		/ʌ/ (ʌ)	/ɔ/ (ɔ)
Low	/æ/ (æ)		/a ã/ (a)	/ɑ ɑ̃/ (o)

External links

• Kipea language