Mikasuki phonology

		Front		Central		Back
		Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
High (close)		i	i /iː/
Mid (mid)	close	e	ee /eː/	ɵ	ɵɵ /ɵː/	u /o/	uu /oː/
	open	ɛ	ɛɛ /ɛː/	ɔ /ɞ/	ɔɔ /ɞː/	ʌ	ʌʌ /ʌː/
Low (open)		æ	ææ /æː/	a	aa /aː/	o /ɒ̈/	oo /ɒ̈ː/

There are three tones: high, low and falling. Vowel length is distinctive: eche [itʃi] ('mouth') vs eeche [iːtʃi]('deer'), ete [iti] ('eye') vs eete [iːti] ('fire').

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t	ĉ /c/	k
	voiced	b	d	ĵ /ɟ/	ɡ
Affricative	voiceless			c /tʃ/
	voiced			ç /dʒ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /ɸ/	s /ɬ/	ʃ	x
	voiced	v /β/	z /ɮ/	ʒ	ɣ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Resonant	central	w	r /ɹ/	j	q /ɰ/	h
	lateral		l	ł /ʎ/	y /ʟ/

These phonemes are based on Sylvia Boynton's Outline of Mikasuki Grammar.

External links

• Mikasuki language