Mongolian phonology

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
Close	i	iː			u	uː
Near-Close					ʊ	ʊː
Close-Mid	e	eː	ɵ			oː
Open-mid					ɔ	ɔː
Open			a	aː

Consonants

The following table lists the consonants of Khalkha Mongolian. The consonants enclosed in parentheses occur only in loanwords.

		Labial		Dental		Palatal	Velar		Uvular
		plain	pal.	plain	pal.		plain	pal.
Nasal		m	mʲ	n	nʲ		ŋ
Plosive	voiced						ɡ	ɡʲ	ɢ
	voiceless	p	pʲ	t	tʲ
	voiceless aspirated	(pʰ)	(pʲʰ)	tʰ	tʲʰ		(kʰ)	(kʲʰ)
Affricate	voiceless			ts		tʃ
	voiceless aspirated			tsʰ		tʃʰ
Fricative	central	(f)		s		ʃ	x	xʲ
	lateral			ɮ	ɮʲ
Trill				r	rʲ
Approximant		w̜	w̜ʲ			j

External links

• Mongolian language