| Bilabial | dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | b | t | k | ɡ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | θ | s | x | ɣ | ||||
| Trill | ʙ | r | ||||||||
| Lateral | ɬ | ɮ | ɭ | ʟ̝̊ | ʟ̝ | |||||
The phoneme /ɸ/ is realized as a voiced bilabial fricative [β] intervocalically and voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ] elsewhere. The realization of the phoneme /ɭ / is in free variation between a voiced retroflex lateral [ɭ ] and a voiced retroflex stop [ɖ ].
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||||
| Lowered Close | i̞ | u̞ | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ʌ | ɔ | |||
| Open | æ | a | ɒ̈ | ɒ | ||
The unusual vowel phonemes /i̞/ and /u̞/ are of intermediate height between cardinal [i]/[u] and [e]/[o] respectively but without the centralization present in [ɪ] and [ʊ]. They have also been attested in Weri, a Goilalan language of south-east Papua, and certain Dani dialects.[3]