Minangkabau phonology

The sound inventory of Minangkabau is listed below:

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t]	ǩ [c]	k [k]	'/-k [ʔ]
	voiced	b [b]	d [d]	ǧ [ɟ]	g [ɡ]
Fricative	voiceless	f [f]	s [s]	š [ʃ]	č [x]	h [h]
	voiced	v [v]	z [z]	ž [ʒ]	ǰ [ɣ]
Affricate	voiceless			c [tʃ]
	voiced			j [dʒ]
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]	ny [ɲ]	ng [ŋ]
Lateral			l [l]	y̌ [ʎ]	ľ [ʟ]
Rhotic			r [r]
Approximant		w [w]	ř [ɹ]	y [j]	w̌ [ɰ]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i [i]	ə [ɨ]	u [u]
Near-close	ǐ [ɪ]		ǔ [ʊ]
Close-mid	e [e]	ē/e [ə]	o [o]
Open-mid	ě [ɛ]		ǒ [ɔ]
Open	æ [æ]	a [ä]	ǎ [ɑ]

External links

• Minangkabau language